BLUE CANYON, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040897) BLUE CANYON
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 80 74 95 189 389 617 877 855 685 450 179 100 4590
40 S 80 154 249 438 827 1444 2321 3175 3860 4310 4489 4590 4590
45 M 36 31 42 106 265 471 722 700 537 316 98 44 3367
45 S 36 67 109 215 480 951 1673 2373 2910 3226 3324 3367 3367
50 M 11 10 14 49 161 334 567 546 396 199 44 15 2346
50 S 11 21 35 84 245 579 1147 1693 2088 2287 2332 2346 2346
55 M 1 1 3 17 84 214 415 395 265 107 14 3 1518
55 S 1 3 6 22 106 320 734 1129 1394 1501 1515 1518 1518
60 M 0 0 0 3 34 117 270 253 152 46 2 0 877
60 S 0 0 0 3 37 154 423 676 828 874 877 877 877
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 27 38 88 201 358 570 549 411 234 73 36 2614
50 S 29 56 94 181 382 740 1310 1860 2271 2505 2578 2614 2614
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