SARATOGA, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(487990) SARATOGA 1 SSE
From Year=1948 To Year=2007
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 3 23 120 342 594 818 746 462 186 23 2 3320
40 S 1 3 26 146 488 1082 1900 2646 3109 3295 3318 3320 3320
45 M 0 0 5 50 209 446 663 591 322 88 4 0 2378
45 S 0 0 5 54 264 710 1373 1964 2286 2374 2378 2378 2378
50 M 0 0 0 15 105 302 508 436 195 28 0 0 1590
50 S 0 0 0 15 120 423 931 1367 1562 1590 1590 1590 1590
55 M 0 0 0 2 37 174 354 284 91 5 0 0 947
55 S 0 0 0 2 39 213 567 851 942 947 947 947 947
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 76 204 142 28 0 0 0 457
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 84 287 429 457 457 457 457 457
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 27 110 250 396 533 491 334 171 31 2 2350
50 S 1 4 31 142 392 788 1320 1812 2146 2317 2348 2350 2350
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