HARRINGTON 1 N, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(453512) HARRINGTON 1 N
From Year=1948 To Year=1956
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 5 5 32 159 406 558 805 780 577 251 48 2 3628
40 S 5 9 41 200 606 1165 1970 2750 3327 3578 3626 3628 3628
45 M 0 0 7 68 262 408 650 625 428 134 10 0 2593
45 S 0 1 7 75 337 745 1396 2021 2449 2583 2593 2593 2593
50 M 0 0 0 22 143 262 496 470 289 58 0 0 1741
50 S 0 0 0 22 166 428 924 1394 1683 1740 1741 1741 1741
55 M 0 0 0 5 60 141 344 316 169 17 0 0 1053
55 S 0 0 0 5 65 206 550 866 1035 1053 1053 1053 1053
60 M 0 0 0 1 15 61 205 177 79 2 0 0 541
60 S 0 0 0 1 17 78 282 460 539 541 541 541 541
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 25 135 290 363 522 508 394 177 24 0 2439
50 S 0 2 27 162 452 815 1336 1844 2238 2415 2439 2439 2439
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