Historical Climate Data

Growing Season Summary
Station: 472678 FAIRCHILD RANGER STN, WI

Growing Degree Day Averages
Derived from 1971-2000 Data

 

Element JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
GDD
Base 40		 0 2 36 203 520 731 886 838 547 237 50 0 3850
GDD
Base 45		 0 0 16 118 376 588 740 687 405 137 21 0 2934
GDD
Base 50		 0 0 6 61 248 447 593 537 274 68 7 0 2123
GDD
Base 55		 0 0 1 28 145 311 446 387 166 28 1 0 1433
GDD
Base 60		 0 0 0 11 74 189 302 245 86 9 0 0 865
MGDD*
Base 50		 0 1 23 129 314 462 586 539 332 141 27 0 2427

*Modified Growing Degree Days: Base 50 Ceiling 86.

Growing Season Summary
Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

  Date of Last Spring Occurrence Date of First Fall Occurrence
Base
Temp
°F		 Median Early 90% 10% Late Median Early 90% 10% Late
32 5/11 4/20 4/25 5/27 6/11 9/28 9/18 9/20 10/11 10/16
30 5/04 4/04 4/11 5/17 6/11 10/04 9/20 9/22 10/17 10/31
28 4/26 3/25 4/06 5/09 5/13 10/09 9/20 9/26 10/28 11/01
24 4/14 3/24 4/05 4/30 5/11 10/26 10/02 10/07 11/06 11/16
20 4/07 3/21 3/24 4/13 4/18 11/02 10/02 10/19 11/19 11/28
16 4/03 3/08 3/17 4/10 4/16 11/11 10/20 10/24 11/30 12/07

Length of Growing Season (Days)
Derived from 1971-2000 Averages

Base
Temp
°F		 Median Shortest 10% 90% Longest
32 140 112 121 156 171
30 152 112 138 177 181
28 166 139 145 193 201
24 192 155 164 216 225
20 216 177 192 233 249
16 220 194 206 249 260