BEAUMONT PUMP PLT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040607) BEAUMONT PUMPING PLANT
From Year=1911 To Year=1975
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 265 260 327 465 609 818 1110 1119 934 736 436 284 7362
40 S 265 525 852 1317 1926 2744 3853 4972 5906 6642 7079 7362 7362
45 M 148 144 198 324 456 668 955 964 784 582 295 165 5682
45 S 148 292 490 814 1270 1938 2893 3856 4641 5223 5517 5682 5682
50 M 69 62 102 201 309 520 800 809 634 432 174 77 4189
50 S 69 130 233 434 743 1263 2062 2871 3505 3938 4112 4189 4189
55 M 25 19 42 107 181 377 645 654 485 292 85 24 2935
55 S 25 43 85 193 374 751 1396 2050 2534 2826 2911 2935 2935
60 M 7 4 13 44 88 248 490 499 341 174 31 4 1943
60 S 7 12 24 68 156 404 893 1392 1734 1908 1939 1943 1943
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 170 168 208 302 384 499 686 698 585 466 270 180 4613
50 S 170 337 545 847 1231 1729 2415 3113 3698 4163 4433 4613 4613
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 Oct 31, 2012
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