MOSES LAKE 3 E, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(455613) MOSES LAKE 3 E
From Year=1943 To Year=1979
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 7 21 94 271 532 729 943 895 631 286 51 6 4466
40 S 7 28 122 394 926 1655 2597 3492 4123 4409 4459 4466 4466
45 M 1 3 28 142 379 579 788 740 481 156 11 1 3309
45 S 1 5 33 174 553 1132 1919 2659 3141 3297 3308 3309 3309
50 M 0 0 6 56 236 429 633 585 334 66 1 0 2347
50 S 0 0 6 62 298 727 1360 1945 2279 2345 2347 2347 2347
55 M 0 0 1 17 123 283 478 430 200 20 0 0 1551
55 S 0 0 1 18 140 423 901 1331 1531 1551 1551 1551 1551
60 M 0 0 0 4 50 156 325 280 95 3 0 0 914
60 S 0 0 0 4 54 210 536 816 911 914 914 914 914
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 14 69 189 335 452 588 558 408 196 27 2 2841
50 S 3 17 86 275 610 1062 1650 2207 2615 2811 2838 2841 2841
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