LEMON COVE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(044890) LEMON COVE
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 215 334 499 642 885 1063 1268 1214 1030 794 429 214 8588
40 S 215 549 1048 1690 2575 3638 4906 6121 7151 7945 8374 8588 8588
45 M 101 199 345 492 730 913 1113 1059 880 639 282 97 6852
45 S 101 300 645 1137 1867 2781 3894 4953 5833 6473 6754 6852 6852
50 M 34 90 203 345 576 763 958 904 730 485 153 30 5271
50 S 34 124 327 672 1247 2010 2968 3873 4603 5088 5241 5271 5271
55 M 7 26 93 212 422 613 803 749 580 334 62 5 3908
55 S 7 33 126 338 760 1373 2177 2926 3506 3840 3902 3908 3908
60 M 1 4 30 109 278 463 648 594 431 196 17 0 2771
60 S 1 4 34 143 421 885 1533 2127 2558 2754 2770 2771 2771
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 109 183 289 394 551 654 766 739 640 495 251 113 5184
50 S 109 293 581 975 1526 2180 2946 3685 4325 4820 5071 5184 5184
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