YUCCA GROVE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(049881) YUCCA GROVE
From Year=1931 To Year=1954
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 91 135 268 496 732 943 1228 1158 935 613 292 131 7022
40 S 91 225 494 989 1721 2664 3892 5050 5985 6599 6890 7022 7022
45 M 30 55 147 351 577 793 1073 1003 785 461 173 50 5498
45 S 30 85 232 583 1160 1953 3026 4029 4814 5275 5447 5498 5498
50 M 5 15 61 221 424 643 918 848 635 314 83 13 4181
50 S 5 21 82 303 726 1369 2288 3135 3771 4084 4167 4181 4181
55 M 1 2 15 115 280 494 763 693 486 181 29 2 3062
55 S 1 3 17 133 413 907 1670 2363 2849 3031 3060 3062 3062
60 M 0 0 1 45 158 348 608 538 341 80 5 0 2123
60 S 0 0 1 46 204 552 1161 1698 2039 2118 2123 2123 2123
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 65 94 190 329 478 593 768 730 598 387 189 85 4506
50 S 65 159 349 677 1155 1749 2516 3246 3844 4231 4420 4506 4506
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