FRIANT GOVERNMENT CAMP, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(043261) FRIANT GOVERNMENT CAMP
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	195	296	420	559	820	1020	1252	1206	1022	786	423	204	8205
40 S	195	492	912	1471	2291	3311	4564	5770	6792	7578	8001	8205	8205
45 M	89	167	270	409	665	870	1097	1051	872	631	277	93	6493
45 S	89	256	526	936	1601	2471	3568	4619	5491	6123	6400	6493	6493
50 M	29	70	142	267	510	720	942	896	722	477	153	30	4960
50 S	29	100	242	509	1019	1739	2681	3577	4299	4776	4930	4960	4960
55 M	6	18	55	149	359	570	787	741	572	328	67	5	3658
55 S	6	24	79	228	587	1157	1944	2685	3257	3585	3653	3658	3658
60 M	0	2	14	66	223	421	632	586	423	194	20	1	2582
60 S	0	2	16	82	305	726	1358	1944	2367	2561	2581	2582	2582

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	98	162	252	359	513	607	723	701	616	495	255	110	4893
50 S	98	260	513	872	1385	1992	2715	3417	4033	4528	4783	4893	4893

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