FORT BENTON, MONTANA

Monthly Total Growing Degree Days

(243113)

Base Temperature = 50 F

File last updated on Jul 24, 2006
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 200603
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
1948 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 530.50 568.16 b 280.50 30.00 0.00 0.00 1409.16
1949 0.00 0.00 0.00 91.50 276.50 395.50 610.00 671.00 254.00 36.00 18.00 0.00 2352.50
1950 0.00 0.00 3.00 14.50 149.00 333.00 527.50 481.00 233.50 86.00 13.50 0.50 1841.50
1951 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.50 212.50 203.50 571.50 454.50 157.50 49.00 0.00 0.00 1675.00
1952 0.00 0.00 0.00 134.00 203.50 441.00 559.50 540.00 326.00 38.50 0.00 0.00 2242.50
1953 0.50 0.00 0.00 50.00 105.50 328.00 626.50 600.00 338.50 104.50 5.00 0.00 2158.50
1954 0.00 8.50 0.00 22.00 208.50 263.50 645.50 526.50 234.50 41.50 22.50 5.00 1978.00
1955 0.00 0.00 0.50 6.00 96.00 342.50 552.50 603.50 218.50 79.50 5.00 0.00 1904.00
1956 0.00 0.00 8.00 24.50 273.00 495.50 646.00 514.50 287.50 94.50 16.50 13.50 2373.50
1957 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.00 275.00 437.50 703.00 568.00 302.00 56.00 5.50 0.00 2389.00
1958 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.00 415.40 a 362.50 491.00 672.50 280.50 107.00 0.00 0.00 2366.90
1959 0.00 0.00 0.50 53.00 79.00 441.00 644.00 489.00 212.50 44.50 1.50 10.00 1975.00
1960 0.00 0.00 13.50 31.00 151.50 386.50 754.00 508.00 272.50 93.50 1.00 0.60 e 2212.10
1961 2.00 7.78 a 2.50 9.50 207.00 596.50 667.00 717.00 152.50 99.50 3.50 0.00 2464.78
1962 11.50 19.00 0.00 93.00 162.00 409.50 500.00 542.50 199.50 55.00 8.50 0.50 2001.00
1963 0.50 4.50 19.00 55.00 184.50 408.50 617.50 599.00 382.50 149.50 8.50 3.00 2432.00
1964 1.50 2.50 2.50 18.50 178.00 352.00 624.50 448.00 118.00 86.00 1.50 0.00 1833.00
1965 0.00 5.50 0.00 27.50 119.50 300.50 572.00 540.00 51.50 116.00 5.00 1.00 1738.50
1966 0.00 0.00 18.00 22.50 268.50 325.00 663.00 487.00 380.00 73.50 0.00 3.00 2240.50
1967 0.00 0.00 9.00 0.00 185.00 304.00 612.50 624.00 368.00 71.50 0.00 0.00 2174.00
1968 6.00 0.50 1.00 39.00 105.50 314.00 583.50 447.50 217.50 35.50 6.00 0.00 1756.00
1969 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.50 205.00 323.50 536.50 573.00 278.50 14.00 1.00 0.00 1996.00
1970 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.50 187.50 490.00 613.50 586.00 211.00 45.00 3.00 0.00 2159.50
1971 0.00 0.00 7.50 20.50 188.50 357.50 543.50 727.00 167.50 77.00 0.00 0.00 2089.00
1972 0.00 1.00 38.50 38.00 210.50 490.00 464.00 610.00 174.50 51.50 0.50 2.50 2081.00
1973 5.50 0.00 0.00 11.00 204.50 391.00 602.00 602.50 255.50 61.00 0.00 0.00 2133.00
1974 0.00 0.00 2.00 70.34 a 86.50 489.00 653.00 389.50 193.00 82.50 8.50 0.00 1974.34
1975 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 143.00 308.00 646.00 428.00 198.50 55.50 51.00 1.00 1835.00
1976 0.00 a 0.00 6.00 47.50 259.00 312.93 a 601.50 560.50 299.48 a 99.00 25.00 7.00 2217.91
1977 0.00 2.50 3.00 91.50 204.00 493.50 566.50 390.00 202.00 48.50 0.00 0.00 2001.50
1978 0.00 0.00 24.50 37.00 136.00 400.50 536.50 483.50 279.50 60.50 35.50 0.00 1993.50
1979 0.00 0.00 a 1.50 16.55 a 152.00 409.50 576.00 569.00 338.00 97.81 b 0.00 9.50 2169.86
1980 0.00 0.00 0.00 a 162.50 299.00 385.00 594.50 390.00 276.50 116.50 20.50 25.00 2269.50
1981 0.00 5.00 0.00 76.50 207.50 293.50 554.00 619.00 272.00 47.50 17.00 0.00 2092.00
1982 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.50 150.50 400.00 535.00 550.50 238.00 41.00 0.00 0.00 1937.50
1983 0.50 4.50 3.00 43.00 196.00 382.00 528.00 691.50 225.00 50.00 8.50 0.00 2132.00
1984 1.00 1.50 0.00 42.50 184.00 360.00 668.00 704.50 195.50 93.00 2.00 1.11 c 2253.11
1985 0.00 0.00 1.00 130.86 a 328.50 407.50 760.50 484.50 133.00 43.50 0.50 0.00 2289.86
1986 5.00 7.50 38.50 40.86 a 230.50 553.00 512.50 596.00 121.00 65.00 4.50 0.00 2174.36
1987 8.50 4.50 26.50 138.50 307.00 498.00 596.50 432.00 308.50 60.00 1.00 0.00 2381.00
1988 3.62 a 1.00 12.00 97.50 343.00 678.00 659.50 596.00 251.50 103.50 13.50 0.50 2759.62
1989 7.50 0.00 2.00 51.50 170.00 435.00 688.00 523.50 235.50 58.50 21.50 3.00 2196.00
1990 0.00 4.00 0.50 69.50 139.50 383.50 596.00 626.00 410.50 69.00 29.00 1.50 2329.00
1991 0.00 8.00 0.00 40.50 208.00 363.50 632.00 722.50 317.00 120.50 6.00 0.00 2418.00
1992 7.00 1.50 0.00 107.00 265.50 492.00 434.00 495.00 233.50 108.50 0.00 0.00 2144.00
1993 0.00 0.00 17.50 10.00 284.50 338.00 378.00 424.50 181.50 64.00 0.00 0.00 1698.00
1994 0.00 0.00 10.00 98.50 43.00 z 425.50 642.00 623.50 376.00 27.50 0.00 0.00 2203.00
1995 0.00 14.00 5.50 7.00 162.00 374.50 537.00 543.00 294.00 31.50 0.00 0.00 1968.50
1996 3.62 a 0.50 0.00 73.45 a 109.61 c 435.50 609.00 610.00 255.50 86.00 0.00 0.00 2183.17
1997 0.00 0.00 a 21.00 29.00 240.50 461.50 606.00 615.00 400.00 95.50 8.50 0.00 2477.00
1998 0.00 0.00 2.50 90.00 311.00 347.00 506.00 k 744.50 498.00 67.50 7.50 3.50 2071.50
1999 0.00 a 0.00 e 21.18 a 61.73 d 164.50 i 229.00 k 507.00 f 481.50 j 222.00 e 81.50 f 42.69 d 0.00 c 347.61
2000 0.00 d 3.62 a 4.77 e 73.89 c 203.29 e 397.50 541.50 i 536.50 g 337.50 d 70.50 0.00 g 0.00 c 1091.07
2001 0.00 a 0.00 d 4.65 a 88.33 c 295.07 d 469.62 d 364.00 p 753.41 c 300.50 h 46.50 i 6.50 p 0.00 1611.08
2002 13.00 8.00 0.00 30.00 202.50 411.00 742.50 450.50 276.00 20.50 10.50 0.50 2165.00
2003 0.00 0.00 28.50 99.00 184.00 419.00 770.50 760.50 274.00 165.00 1.50 0.00 2702.00
2004 0.00 0.00 23.00 0.00 z 124.50 286.50 618.50 483.50 192.00 27.00 10.50 0.00 1765.50
2005 13.50 0.00 2.00 44.50 169.50 334.00 626.00 501.50 224.50 45.50 6.50 1.00 1968.50
2006 2.00 0.50 0.00 49.50 232.00 470.40 e 425.50 l 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 754.40
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN 1.60 2.00 6.63 52.64 203.20 398.36 598.68 561.81 256.38 69.93 8.17 1.61 2143.08
S.D. 3.36 3.76 10.03 37.70 70.03 83.58 77.70 97.77 81.43 32.02 11.25 4.14 236.80
SKEW 2.28 2.51 1.68 0.90 0.57 0.67 -0.13 0.22 0.31 0.65 1.95 3.91 0.21
MAX 13.50 19.00 38.50 162.50 415.40 678.00 770.50 760.50 498.00 165.00 51.00 25.00 2759.62
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.00 203.50 378.00 389.50 51.50 14.00 0.00 0.00 1675.00
NO YRS 58 58 58 57 56 57 54 56 57 56 56 58 51