QUINCY 1 S, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(456880) QUINCY 1 S
From Year=1941 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 6 21 120 318 590 772 998 960 685 325 50 6 4851
40 S 6 27 147 465 1055 1827 2826 3785 4470 4795 4846 4851 4851
45 M 1 4 41 184 435 622 843 805 535 191 13 1 3677
45 S 1 4 46 230 665 1288 2131 2935 3471 3662 3676 3677 3677
50 M 0 0 10 86 288 472 688 650 387 92 3 0 2677
50 S 0 0 10 96 385 857 1545 2195 2582 2674 2677 2677 2677
55 M 0 0 1 30 163 324 534 495 248 35 0 0 1831
55 S 0 0 1 32 195 519 1053 1547 1795 1830 1831 1831 1831
60 M 0 0 0 8 76 190 381 342 133 10 0 0 1140
60 S 0 0 0 8 84 274 655 997 1130 1140 1140 1140 1140
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 14 88 209 363 481 633 610 436 213 26 3 3078
50 S 3 17 105 314 678 1158 1791 2401 2837 3050 3075 3078 3078
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