OLA, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(106586) OLA
From Year=1896 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 7 78 236 481 669 965 926 616 282 43 5 4309
40 S 1 8 86 322 803 1472 2436 3363 3979 4260 4304 4309 4309
45 M 0 1 24 122 332 519 810 771 467 159 10 1 3216
45 S 0 1 25 147 479 998 1808 2579 3046 3205 3216 3216 3216
50 M 0 0 4 50 201 372 655 616 323 72 2 0 2294
50 S 0 0 4 54 255 627 1281 1898 2220 2293 2294 2294 2294
55 M 0 0 0 15 101 236 500 462 193 27 0 0 1535
55 S 0 0 0 15 116 352 852 1314 1508 1534 1535 1535 1535
60 M 0 0 0 3 41 124 349 313 93 6 0 0 928
60 S 0 0 0 3 44 167 516 829 922 928 928 928 928
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 8 70 187 328 435 583 571 435 241 39 2 2897
50 S 0 8 78 264 592 1027 1610 2181 2616 2856 2895 2897 2897
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