BENSON, MINNESOTA

Monthly Total Growing Degree Days

(210667)

Base Temperature = 40 F

File last updated on Apr 6, 2013
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 201303
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
Months with 5 missing days or less use mean for missing day(s)
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.
YEAR(S JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
1952 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 140.50 x 190.50 53.50 0.00 244.00
1953 0.00 0.00 19.50 106.50 524.00 868.50 981.00 1006.00 618.50 460.50 73.50 0.00 4658.00
1954 0.00 3.00 1.50 220.50 397.50 844.50 1027.50 890.50 567.50 224.50 66.50 0.00 4243.50
1955 0.00 0.00 21.70 a 385.00 717.00 791.00 1133.50 1035.50 602.50 311.50 1.50 0.00 4999.20
1956 0.00 0.00 2.00 53.00 529.50 955.50 878.00 893.50 503.00 443.00 46.50 0.00 4304.00
1957 0.00 0.00 6.00 240.50 464.00 750.50 1123.50 890.00 518.00 257.50 18.00 0.00 4268.00
1958 0.00 7.00 12.50 178.00 617.50 647.50 872.00 949.63 a 631.00 340.00 41.00 0.00 4296.13
1959 0.00 0.00 20.50 186.50 575.00 909.00 1030.00 564.00 o 632.00 125.00 1.00 1.50 3480.50
1960 0.00 0.00 1.50 170.00 539.00 735.00 1024.50 981.50 643.50 315.50 16.00 0.00 4426.50
1961 0.00 6.00 36.50 72.93 a 452.00 882.00 940.50 1021.50 570.50 300.50 14.00 0.00 4296.43
1962 0.00 0.00 0.00 165.50 619.00 793.50 879.00 937.50 527.50 378.00 35.00 27.50 4362.50
1963 0.00 0.00 98.50 238.00 518.00 918.00 1013.00 926.00 688.00 555.00 42.00 0.00 4996.50
1964 0.00 0.00 5.00 241.00 695.50 869.50 1109.00 869.50 572.59 a 296.00 106.50 0.00 4764.59
1965 0.00 0.00 0.00 141.00 585.00 814.50 963.00 901.00 357.00 345.00 36.50 0.00 4143.00
1966 0.00 0.00 53.00 82.00 465.00 850.50 1115.50 839.00 602.50 265.50 1.50 0.00 4274.50
1967 0.00 0.00 a 51.50 182.50 413.00 773.50 945.00 863.00 629.00 264.50 27.50 0.00 4149.50
1968 0.00 0.00 142.00 254.50 413.50 833.00 707.00 g 578.00 l 606.00 307.50 18.50 0.00 2575.00
1969 0.00 0.00 0.00 244.50 600.50 624.00 969.00 763.00 h 655.50 173.00 49.50 0.00 3316.00
1970 0.00 0.00 0.00 162.50 560.50 896.00 1033.50 936.50 624.50 272.50 0.00 a 0.00 4486.00
1971 0.00 0.00 20.00 246.50 483.50 920.00 851.00 936.50 615.50 343.00 10.50 0.00 4426.50
1972 0.00 0.00 9.00 123.00 624.50 814.50 933.00 932.00 551.50 225.00 8.50 0.00 4221.00
1973 0.00 0.00 47.00 164.00 508.50 868.50 984.50 1001.00 564.50 423.50 22.00 0.00 4583.50
1974 0.00 0.00 0.00 216.00 436.00 800.00 1119.00 816.50 520.50 326.00 30.50 0.00 4264.50
1975 0.00 0.00 3.00 82.00 637.50 805.50 1109.00 937.50 528.50 354.00 105.00 0.00 4562.00
1976 0.00 6.50 40.50 324.50 555.50 939.00 1095.50 1042.00 638.00 201.00 10.00 0.00 4852.50
1977 0.00 0.00 43.50 399.00 837.00 849.50 1062.50 786.50 608.50 240.00 55.50 0.00 4882.00
1978 0.00 0.00 27.50 136.00 618.45 a 788.79 a 949.00 947.50 770.00 288.00 78.00 0.00 4603.24
1979 0.00 0.00 0.00 a 118.50 412.00 0.00 z 979.50 851.00 687.00 219.50 21.00 0.00 3288.50
1980 0.00 0.00 0.00 309.00 685.50 826.50 1028.00 925.50 617.50 200.50 48.50 0.00 4641.00
1981 5.00 22.00 87.00 308.50 555.50 790.50 996.00 908.50 603.00 242.00 100.50 0.00 4618.50
1982 0.00 0.00 12.00 204.00 650.00 673.00 1020.50 925.50 570.00 244.50 6.50 9.50 4315.50
1983 0.00 4.50 23.50 115.50 483.50 797.50 1122.00 1126.00 651.50 216.50 40.00 0.00 z 4580.50
1984 0.00 0.00 0.00 175.00 499.50 832.00 1003.00 1005.00 490.50 341.50 34.00 0.00 4380.50
1985 0.00 3.00 32.00 345.50 704.00 738.50 966.00 796.00 540.00 205.50 13.00 0.00 4343.50
1986 0.00 0.00 65.50 230.50 592.50 908.00 1044.50 828.50 584.50 271.50 11.50 0.00 4537.00
1987 0.00 2.00 58.50 443.00 736.00 926.50 1080.00 872.50 652.00 157.50 71.50 0.00 4999.50
1988 0.00 0.00 13.00 234.50 813.50 1064.50 1126.00 1034.00 644.00 185.00 9.50 0.00 5124.00
1989 0.00 0.00 16.50 211.50 600.00 809.50 1105.00 960.00 640.00 320.50 1.50 0.00 4664.50
1990 0.00 0.00 48.00 264.00 524.00 853.00 949.00 927.50 731.50 246.50 72.50 1.00 4617.00
1991 0.00 3.00 25.50 272.00 691.00 946.00 971.00 972.00 602.50 247.00 5.50 0.00 4735.50
1992 0.00 1.50 24.00 151.00 650.50 740.00 766.00 788.00 596.00 269.50 0.50 0.00 3987.00
1993 0.00 0.00 22.50 143.50 533.50 710.00 897.50 909.00 462.00 231.00 0.00 0.00 3909.00
1994 0.00 0.00 5.50 190.00 679.50 872.00 905.50 848.50 692.50 357.50 46.00 0.00 4597.00
1995 0.00 0.00 58.00 72.50 499.00 909.50 985.00 1006.50 599.50 224.00 0.00 0.00 4354.00
1996 0.00 0.00 4.00 104.00 449.50 873.50 891.50 940.50 615.50 303.50 4.50 0.00 4186.50
1997 0.00 0.00 2.00 182.00 444.50 927.50 949.50 882.00 721.50 393.00 0.00 0.00 4502.00
1998 0.00 9.00 43.50 316.50 741.00 760.00 993.00 987.00 781.00 335.00 19.00 12.50 4997.50
1999 0.00 0.00 46.00 249.50 608.50 854.00 1076.50 933.50 566.00 254.50 107.50 5.50 4701.50
2000 0.00 16.00 137.00 215.00 639.50 773.50 983.50 971.50 616.50 378.00 49.50 0.00 4780.00
2001 0.00 0.00 0.00 209.50 622.00 866.00 1060.50 988.00 610.00 260.50 179.00 0.00 4795.50
2002 0.00 0.00 0.00 209.50 452.00 946.50 1096.00 925.00 730.00 116.00 4.00 0.00 4479.00
2003 0.50 0.00 62.00 303.50 533.00 807.00 991.50 1016.50 603.50 302.00 4.00 0.00 4623.50
2004 0.00 0.00 46.50 235.00 433.50 695.00 946.00 714.50 737.00 284.50 34.00 0.00 4126.00
2005 0.00 0.00 36.50 292.00 462.50 926.50 1046.00 909.50 705.50 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 a 4378.50
2006 0.00 0.00 a 17.50 304.00 595.00 875.50 1106.00 941.00 526.50 203.50 50.00 0.00 4619.00
2007 0.00 a 0.00 58.00 231.00 679.00 914.50 1040.50 880.50 660.50 321.00 25.50 0.00 4810.50
2008 0.00 0.00 0.00 106.00 406.00 741.00 995.00 913.50 609.50 218.50 68.50 0.00 4058.00
2009 0.00 c 0.00 a 27.00 169.50 513.50 757.00 842.50 833.00 746.50 100.50 64.50 0.00 4054.00
2010 0.00 0.00 31.00 369.50 549.00 813.50 1022.50 1025.50 518.50 319.00 51.00 0.00 4699.50
2011 0.00 b 0.00 0.00 126.00 496.50 792.00 1128.00 929.00 590.00 366.50 28.00 0.00 4456.00
2012 5.50 0.00 233.50 273.50 629.50 885.00 1178.00 882.50 596.50 197.00 26.00 1.50 4908.50
2013 0.00 0.00 0.00 i 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN 0.18 1.37 31.64 211.67 565.84 833.00 1007.32 924.51 610.74 279.32 36.09 0.98 4512.67
S.D. 0.94 3.85 41.17 87.01 104.68 83.44 86.90 75.31 77.06 84.97 35.06 4.08 290.95
SKEW 5.23 3.75 2.63 0.41 0.41 -0.15 -0.33 -0.15 -0.25 0.52 1.53 5.26 0.06
MAX 5.50 22.00 233.50 443.00 837.00 1064.50 1178.00 1126.00 781.00 555.00 179.00 27.50 5124.00
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.00 397.50 624.00 766.00 714.50 357.00 100.50 0.00 0.00 3909.00
NO YRS 61 61 60 60 60 59 59 57 60 60 60 60 54