LONG BEACH EXP STN, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(454748) LONG BEACH EXP STN
From Year=1967 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 120 128 177 238 378 475 579 592 516 360 199 117 3879
40 S 120 248 425 663 1041 1516 2095 2686 3203 3563 3762 3879 3879
45 M 38 43 62 104 224 325 424 437 366 210 85 35 2353
45 S 38 81 143 247 471 796 1220 1656 2023 2232 2318 2353 2353
50 M 5 7 12 28 90 177 269 282 218 86 21 4 1197
50 S 5 12 24 52 142 318 587 869 1087 1173 1194 1197 1197
55 M 0 1 1 6 23 54 119 131 92 22 2 0 450
55 S 0 1 2 8 30 85 204 335 426 448 450 450 450
60 M 0 0 0 1 6 9 22 27 23 3 0 0 90
60 S 0 0 0 1 7 16 37 64 87 90 90 90 90
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 24 39 56 83 150 207 284 300 270 170 63 21 1667
50 S 24 63 119 202 352 559 843 1143 1413 1583 1646 1667 1667
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