HILTS SLASH DISPOSAL, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(043987) HILTS SLASH DISPOSAL
From Year=1939 To Year=1984
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 13 44 105 195 441 650 890 869 644 371 91 17 4332
40 S 13 57 163 358 799 1449 2339 3209 3853 4224 4315 4332 4332
45 M 2 8 35 98 296 500 735 714 495 233 31 3 3149
45 S 2 10 45 142 438 938 1674 2388 2883 3116 3146 3149 3149
50 M 0 1 7 37 173 354 581 559 349 122 6 0 2190
50 S 0 1 8 46 218 573 1153 1713 2061 2183 2189 2190 2190
55 M 0 0 1 9 86 224 428 406 217 48 0 0 1419
55 S 0 0 1 9 95 319 747 1154 1371 1419 1419 1419 1419
60 M 0 0 0 1 33 119 283 263 110 13 0 0 822
60 S 0 0 0 1 34 154 437 699 809 822 822 822 822
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 40 87 150 300 407 550 536 428 274 64 8 2854
50 S 10 50 137 287 587 994 1544 2080 2508 2782 2845 2854 2854
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

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