GARCIA LAKE 12 ENE, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(413442) GARCIA LAKE 12 ENE
From Year=1965 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 104 66 248 452 741 971 1162 1078 827 505 236 85 6475
40 S 104 170 418 869 1610 2582 3744 4822 5649 6154 6390 6475 6475
45 M 43 21 148 312 587 821 1007 923 677 366 136 29 5071
45 S 43 63 212 524 1111 1933 2940 3863 4540 4906 5041 5071 5071
50 M 13 4 76 186 439 671 852 768 529 239 60 8 3847
50 S 13 17 93 279 718 1389 2241 3010 3539 3779 3839 3847 3847
55 M 2 1 32 83 301 523 697 614 384 139 17 2 2793
55 S 2 2 34 117 418 941 1638 2252 2636 2774 2791 2793 2793
60 M 0 0 9 25 181 378 542 460 244 63 2 0 1905
60 S 0 0 9 34 215 594 1136 1596 1840 1903 1905 1905 1905
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 127 96 217 323 473 609 742 692 525 354 203 112 4472
50 S 127 223 440 763 1236 1845 2586 3278 3803 4156 4360 4472 4472
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