LAURIER, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(454549) LAURIER
From Year=1910 To Year=1986
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 1 38 225 488 669 890 852 543 201 14 1 3921
40 S 0 1 40 265 752 1421 2311 3163 3705 3907 3921 3921 3921
45 M 0 0 7 112 336 519 735 697 395 95 2 0 2897
45 S 0 0 7 119 455 973 1708 2405 2800 2895 2897 2897 2897
50 M 0 0 1 42 199 370 580 542 256 33 0 0 2022
50 S 0 0 1 43 242 611 1191 1733 1989 2022 2022 2022 2022
55 M 0 0 0 12 95 228 425 388 140 8 0 0 1297
55 S 0 0 0 12 107 335 761 1149 1289 1297 1297 1297 1297
60 M 0 0 0 3 33 113 276 242 60 1 0 0 728
60 S 0 0 0 3 36 149 425 667 727 728 728 728 728
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 44 187 335 422 548 533 368 141 4 0 2583
50 S 0 1 45 231 566 988 1537 2069 2438 2579 2582 2583 2583
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