CAMBRIDGE, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(101408) CAMBRIDGE
From Year=1894 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 5 71 271 517 732 1036 967 623 295 41 4 4563
40 S 1 5 76 348 865 1596 2632 3599 4222 4517 4559 4563 4563
45 M 0 0 23 149 365 582 881 812 474 168 10 1 3464
45 S 0 0 23 172 537 1118 1999 2811 3285 3453 3463 3464 3464
50 M 0 0 4 64 227 433 726 657 330 75 1 0 2518
50 S 0 0 4 68 296 729 1455 2112 2441 2517 2518 2518 2518
55 M 0 0 0 20 118 291 571 503 199 25 0 0 1728
55 S 0 0 0 21 139 429 1000 1504 1703 1728 1728 1728 1728
60 M 0 0 0 4 49 169 418 353 97 5 0 0 1095
60 S 0 0 0 4 53 221 639 992 1090 1095 1095 1095 1095
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 5 60 201 349 467 623 589 438 251 36 2 3019
50 S 0 5 65 266 615 1082 1705 2293 2731 2981 3017 3019 3019
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 Oct 31, 2012
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