Degree Day Calculator

Calculates and displays the accumulated Farenheit degree days for the weather station location and time period you select. Degree day calculations use the Baskerville-Emin (BE) formula.

1. Select the Base Temperature For Growing Degree Days, GDD, choose 50° F.

2. Select the Weather Station Location

Please refer to table at right for months of operation for the weather station you are choosing.
Weather Station Map
Weather Station Current Status

3. Select the Year

4. Select the Start and End Dates

Start Date:

Month

Day

 

 

End Date:

Month

Day

 

 

The DD Calculator will detect and display dates with missing data for the weather station selected.
NEWA's DD Data Daily Summaries by Month using Max-Min

Reference:
Baskerville, G. L. and P. Emin. 1969. Rapid estimation of heat accumulation from maximum and minimum temperatures. Ecology 50: 514-517.

NEWA Weather Station Beginning Year of Operation and
Months Operating as of 2008

 

Year Connected

Months Operating

Albion (Orleans county)

2000

Jan - Dec

Appleton, north (Niagara county)

2001

Jan - Dec

Appleton, south (Niagara county)

2001

Apr - Dec

Arkport (Erie county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Avon (Livingston county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Barrington (Yates county)

2001

Jan - Dec

Batavia (Genesee county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Branchport (Yates county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Catatonk (Tioga county)

2003

Jan - Dec

Chazy (Clinton county)

2005

Jan - Dec

CliftonPark (Saratoga county)

2005

Jan - Dec

Clintondale (Ulster county)

2005

Jan - Dec

Dresden (Yates county)

2000

Jan - Dec

Eden (Erie county)

1996

May - Sep

Elba (Genesee county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Farmington (Ontario county)

2003

Jan - Dec

Fredonia (Chautauqua county)

2001

Jan - Dec

Freeville (Tompkins county)

2002

Jan - Dec

Friend (Yates county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Gainesville (Wyoming county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Geneva (Ontario county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Groveland (Livingston county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Guilderland (Albany county)

2007

Jan - Dec

Himrod (Yates county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Ithaca (Tompkins county)

2002

Jan - Dec

Knowlesville (Orleans county)

2001

Apr - Dec

Lansing (Tompkins county)

2002

Jan - Dec

Lyndonville (Orleans county)

2001

Jan - Dec

Mexico (Oswego county)

1997

May - Aug

Naples (Ontario county)

2000

Jan - Dec

Pavilion (Genesee county)

2000

May - Oct

Potter (Yates county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Prattsburg (Steuben county)

1996

May - Oct

Pulteney (Steuben county)

2000

Jan - Dec

Red Hook (Dutchess county)

2005

Jan - Dec

Savannah (Wayne county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Scipioville (Cayuga county)

1998

May - Oct

Scriba (Oswego county)

1996

May - Oct

Sodus (Wayne county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Valois (Schuyler county)

2000

Jan - Dec

Waterport (Orleans county)

2001

Jan - Dec

Wayland (Steuben county)

1996

Jan - Dec

Williamson, Motts (Wayne county)

1997

Jan - Dec

Williamson, Mason (Wayne county)

1997

May - Oct