LAVA BEDS NM, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(044838) LAVA BEDS NAT MONUMENT
From Year=1959 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 11 29 72 160 369 579 861 843 616 329 68 11 3945
40 S 11 39 112 271 640 1218 2079 2922 3537 3867 3934 3945 3945
45 M 1 7 25 82 239 432 706 688 468 208 23 1 2881
45 S 1 8 33 115 355 787 1493 2181 2649 2857 2880 2881 2881
50 M 0 1 6 34 138 297 551 534 330 111 5 0 2006
50 S 0 1 6 41 179 475 1027 1560 1890 2001 2006 2006 2006
55 M 0 0 0 10 68 180 400 384 206 46 0 0 1294
55 S 0 0 1 10 78 258 658 1041 1248 1294 1294 1294 1294
60 M 0 0 0 1 27 90 257 244 105 14 0 0 738
60 S 0 0 0 1 28 118 375 619 724 738 738 738 738
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 21 55 115 242 370 548 536 402 227 48 5 2575
50 S 7 28 83 198 440 810 1358 1894 2296 2522 2570 2575 2575
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