LODGEPOLE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(045026) LODGEPOLE
From Year=1968 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	0	1	11	49	196	401	618	598	406	169	21	0	2471
40 S	0	2	12	61	257	658	1276	1874	2280	2450	2470	2471	2471
45 M	0	0	0	12	96	263	463	443	266	75	2	0	1621
45 S	0	0	0	13	109	372	835	1278	1544	1619	1621	1621	1621
50 M	0	0	0	1	34	142	310	292	144	23	0	0	949
50 S	0	0	0	1	36	178	489	781	925	949	949	949	949
55 M	0	0	0	0	6	56	168	154	55	4	0	0	443
55 S	0	0	0	0	6	62	230	384	439	443	443	443	443
60 M	0	0	0	0	1	12	61	54	10	0	0	0	137
60 S	0	0	0	0	1	12	74	127	137	137	137	137	137

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	1	9	22	54	149	271	398	393	284	145	28	1	1754
50 S	1	10	31	86	235	506	903	1296	1581	1725	1753	1754	1754

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