WAWAWAI, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(459024) WAWAWAI
From Year=1948 To Year=1965
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	59	93	194	425	661	833	1066	999	783	469	150	66	5799
40 S	59	152	346	771	1432	2265	3331	4330	5114	5582	5732	5799	5799
45 M	18	31	83	276	506	683	911	844	633	317	62	15	4381
45 S	18	49	132	408	915	1598	2509	3353	3986	4303	4366	4381	4381
50 M	2	6	22	145	352	533	756	689	484	181	12	1	3185
50 S	2	8	30	175	528	1061	1817	2506	2990	3171	3183	3185	3185
55 M	0	1	4	60	211	384	601	534	337	83	1	0	2215
55 S	0	1	5	65	276	660	1261	1795	2132	2214	2215	2215	2215
60 M	0	0	1	19	103	241	446	381	203	27	0	0	1421
60 S	0	0	1	19	122	363	809	1190	1393	1421	1421	1421	1421

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	20	39	102	254	403	521	660	621	490	269	57	17	3451
50 S	20	59	160	415	817	1338	1998	2618	3108	3377	3434	3451	3451

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