ELTOPIA 8 WSW, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(452542) ELTOPIA 8 WSW
From Year=1974 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 26 57 181 338 564 736 939 922 673 363 93 25 4919
40 S 26 83 265 603 1167 1903 2842 3764 4437 4801 4894 4919 4919
45 M 6 17 72 197 410 586 784 767 523 222 36 7 3627
45 S 6 23 95 292 702 1288 2072 2839 3362 3584 3620 3627 3627
50 M 1 4 19 92 262 436 629 612 374 108 11 1 2547
50 S 1 4 23 115 376 812 1441 2053 2427 2535 2546 2547 2547
55 M 0 1 2 30 137 288 474 457 233 40 2 0 1664
55 S 0 1 3 33 170 458 932 1389 1621 1661 1664 1664 1664
60 M 0 0 0 6 57 157 320 304 114 9 0 0 968
60 S 0 0 0 6 63 221 541 845 959 968 968 968 968
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 31 122 219 349 456 597 587 420 218 38 9 3056
50 S 10 41 162 381 730 1186 1783 2370 2791 3009 3048 3056 3056
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