DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(042331) DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE
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	13	53	150	326	595	850	1083	1004	746	422	108	13	5363
40 S	13	66	216	542	1137	1987	3070	4074	4820	5242	5350	5363	5363
45 M	1	14	65	200	443	700	928	849	597	279	38	1	4114
45 S	1	15	80	280	722	1422	2350	3199	3796	4075	4113	4114	4114
50 M	0	2	21	98	299	550	773	694	448	153	7	0	3046
50 S	0	2	22	121	420	970	1743	2437	2885	3038	3045	3046	3046
55 M	0	0	4	34	174	404	618	539	303	63	0	0	2138
55 S	0	0	4	38	212	615	1233	1772	2075	2138	2138	2138	2138
60 M	0	0	0	7	79	265	463	384	169	16	0	0	1384
60 S	0	0	0	7	86	351	814	1198	1367	1384	1384	1384	1384

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	36	63	135	243	393	543	681	638	482	308	119	40	3681
50 S	36	99	234	477	869	1412	2094	2732	3214	3522	3641	3681	3681

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