STRAWBERRY VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048606) STRAWBERRY VALLEY
From Year=1948 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 68 83 127 232 444 651 879 851 704 471 183 87 4780
40 S 68 152 279 511 955 1606 2485 3336 4040 4511 4694 4780 4780
45 M 21 29 52 128 302 503 724 696 555 326 90 30 3454
45 S 21 51 103 231 532 1035 1758 2454 3009 3335 3425 3454 3454
50 M 3 7 15 55 180 358 569 541 408 198 33 6 2373
50 S 3 10 25 80 260 618 1186 1727 2135 2333 2366 2373 2373
55 M 0 0 3 17 89 224 414 387 269 99 8 1 1511
55 S 0 1 3 20 109 333 748 1135 1404 1503 1510 1511 1511
60 M 0 0 0 2 33 116 265 239 149 39 1 0 845
60 S 0 0 0 2 35 152 417 656 805 844 845 845 845
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 51 61 93 160 282 405 559 538 445 298 116 61 3069
50 S 51 112 205 365 647 1051 1610 2148 2593 2892 3007 3069 3069
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 Apr 5, 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