SANTA CRUZ IS-SCORPION, wr

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(967802) SANTA CRUZ IS-SCORPION
From Year=1984 To Year=2004
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 409 453 682 520 634 731 789 -99 733 -99 639 423 -99
40 S 409 863 1545 2065 2698 3429 4217 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 257 312 527 370 479 581 634 -99 583 -99 489 268 -99
45 S 257 568 1095 1465 1944 2524 3158 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 120 173 372 220 324 431 479 -99 433 -99 339 115 -99
50 S 120 294 666 886 1209 1640 2119 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 30 60 219 81 170 281 324 -99 286 -99 195 24 -99
55 S 30 90 309 390 560 840 1164 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 13 93 9 60 132 170 -99 144 -99 74 6 -99
60 S 0 13 106 115 174 306 476 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 185 227 375 242 338 431 479 -99 439 -99 350 171 -99
50 S 185 412 787 1029 1366 1797 2275 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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 Sep 17, 2007
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