LEE VINING, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(044881) LEE VINING
From Year=1988 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 7 16 94 197 421 641 884 841 610 357 89 10 4167
40 S 7 22 116 313 734 1375 2260 3101 3711 4068 4157 4167 4167
45 M 0 3 32 102 280 494 729 686 460 224 30 1 3042
45 S 0 3 35 137 417 911 1640 2327 2787 3011 3041 3042 3042
50 M 0 0 6 39 162 350 574 531 315 112 6 0 2095
50 S 0 0 6 46 207 558 1132 1663 1978 2089 2095 2095 2095
55 M 0 0 0 9 73 217 419 377 180 36 1 0 1312
55 S 0 0 0 9 82 299 719 1096 1275 1311 1312 1312 1312
60 M 0 0 0 1 20 105 267 227 71 5 0 0 696
60 S 0 0 0 1 21 126 392 619 690 696 696 696 696
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 8 16 79 144 265 404 568 540 389 256 78 12 2759
50 S 8 24 103 247 512 916 1484 2024 2413 2669 2747 2759 2759
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