CODY 21 SW, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(481855) CODY 21 SW
From Year=1958 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 16 18 49 134 313 547 788 748 450 224 53 18 3358
40 S 16 34 83 217 530 1077 1865 2613 3063 3287 3340 3358 3358
45 M 3 4 16 63 188 399 633 593 315 126 21 4 2365
45 S 3 7 23 86 274 673 1306 1899 2214 2339 2361 2365 2365
50 M 0 0 4 23 94 260 478 439 196 60 6 0 1560
50 S 0 1 4 27 121 380 859 1298 1494 1553 1560 1560 1560
55 M 0 0 0 6 36 142 326 289 102 21 1 0 923
55 S 0 0 0 6 42 184 510 799 901 922 923 923 923
60 M 0 0 0 1 9 61 185 155 40 5 0 0 455
60 S 0 0 0 1 9 70 255 411 450 455 455 455 455
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 17 46 112 215 354 506 485 311 174 41 11 2281
50 S 11 27 73 184 400 754 1260 1746 2056 2230 2270 2281 2281
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 Jul 28, 2006
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