WHITE MOUNTAIN 2, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(049633) WHITE MOUNTAIN 2
From Year=1955 To Year=1980
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 0 0 0 2 55 175 152 50 8 0 0 443
40 S 0 0 0 0 2 57 232 384 434 442 443 443 443
45 M 0 0 0 0 0 14 61 46 7 0 0 0 128
45 S 0 0 0 0 0 14 75 121 127 128 128 128 128
50 M 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 5 0 0 0 0 15
50 S 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 15 15 15 15 15 15
55 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 0 0 1 24 76 62 20 3 0 0 186
50 S 0 0 0 0 1 25 101 162 182 186 186 186 186
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