LAKESIDE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(451350) LAKESIDE
From Year=1890 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 10 102 314 589 796 1014 1001 683 335 53 3 4902
40 S 2 12 114 428 1018 1813 2828 3828 4511 4846 4899 4902 4902
45 M 0 1 28 174 434 646 859 846 533 193 12 0 3726
45 S 0 1 29 203 637 1283 2142 2988 3521 3714 3725 3726 3726
50 M 0 0 4 73 284 496 704 691 384 85 1 0 2721
50 S 0 0 4 76 360 856 1560 2251 2635 2719 2721 2721 2721
55 M 0 0 0 20 154 347 549 536 242 27 0 0 1876
55 S 0 0 0 20 174 522 1071 1607 1849 1876 1876 1876 1876
60 M 0 0 0 4 66 209 396 382 123 5 0 0 1185
60 S 0 0 0 4 69 279 675 1056 1180 1185 1185 1185 1185
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 4 53 171 334 492 661 648 411 180 15 1 2973
50 S 1 5 59 229 564 1056 1717 2365 2776 2957 2972 2973 2973
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 Jul 28, 2006
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