POLE MTN, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(487330) POLE MOUNTAIN
From Year=1950 To Year=1958
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 3 3 35 184 456 668 595 378 150 20 0 2492
40 S 0 3 6 41 225 681 1349 1944 2322 2472 2492 2492 2492
45 M 0 0 0 8 89 316 513 440 244 63 4 0 1678
45 S 0 0 0 8 97 414 926 1366 1611 1674 1678 1678 1678
50 M 0 0 0 1 35 189 359 287 131 16 0 0 1018
50 S 0 0 0 1 35 224 584 870 1002 1017 1018 1018 1018
55 M 0 0 0 0 11 88 210 142 50 2 0 0 502
55 S 0 0 0 0 11 99 309 451 501 502 502 502 502
60 M 0 0 0 0 2 28 84 39 10 0 0 0 163
60 S 0 0 0 0 2 29 114 152 163 163 163 163 163
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 3 37 129 295 412 363 266 134 23 1 1666
50 S 1 3 6 43 173 467 880 1242 1509 1643 1665 1666 1666
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu