BODIE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040943) BODIE
From Year=1964 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 0 1 2 22 137 310 491 459 252 77 6 0 1757
40 S 0 1 3 25 162 472 963 1422 1673 1750 1756 1757 1757
45 M 0 0 0 3 54 176 337 306 129 21 1 0 1026
45 S 0 0 0 3 57 233 570 876 1005 1026 1026 1026 1026
50 M 0 0 0 0 12 73 192 164 42 3 0 0 487
50 S 0 0 0 0 13 86 277 442 484 487 487 487 487
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 19 77 57 7 0 0 0 161
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 20 97 154 161 161 161 161 161
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 10 0 0 0 0 29
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 28 29 29 29 29 29
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 8 19 61 171 292 415 405 291 174 44 9 1897
50 S 7 16 34 95 267 559 973 1378 1670 1843 1888 1897 1897
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