ANATONE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450184) ANATONE 2 S
From Year=1912 To Year=1981
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 3 7 36 129 321 512 758 739 475 233 45 5 3265
40 S 3 11 47 176 497 1009 1766 2505 2981 3214 3259 3265 3265
45 M 0 1 10 57 189 364 603 584 332 126 13 1 2279
45 S 0 1 11 68 257 620 1223 1807 2139 2265 2278 2279 2279
50 M 0 0 1 20 92 225 449 430 205 56 3 0 1481
50 S 0 0 1 22 113 339 787 1217 1422 1478 1481 1481 1481
55 M 0 0 0 5 35 120 299 283 108 19 0 0 870
55 S 0 0 0 5 40 160 460 743 851 870 870 870 870
60 M 0 0 0 1 10 54 169 157 44 4 0 0 439
60 S 0 0 0 1 11 65 234 391 435 439 439 439 439
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 3 24 87 198 309 483 473 308 152 23 2 2064
50 S 2 6 30 117 315 623 1106 1579 1887 2039 2062 2064 2064
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