BISHOP WSO AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040822) BISHOP WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 49 107 238 418 692 925 1141 1071 819 527 186 52 6226
40 S 49 157 395 813 1504 2430 3570 4642 5460 5988 6174 6226 6226
45 M 11 37 122 279 537 775 986 916 669 377 87 12 4809
45 S 11 49 170 449 986 1762 2748 3664 4333 4710 4797 4809 4809
50 M 1 7 44 159 387 626 831 761 519 237 28 2 3601
50 S 1 8 52 211 598 1224 2055 2816 3335 3572 3600 3601 3601
55 M 0 0 9 69 248 477 676 606 371 118 4 0 2579
55 S 0 0 9 78 327 803 1479 2085 2457 2574 2579 2579 2579
60 M 0 0 1 19 132 331 521 451 229 40 0 0 1724
60 S 0 0 1 20 151 482 1003 1455 1684 1724 1724 1724 1724
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 86 127 222 325 463 557 655 624 522 408 200 99 4289
50 S 86 214 436 761 1224 1781 2436 3060 3582 3990 4190 4289 4289
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 Jul 28, 2006
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