KING CITY AP, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(044558) KING CITY AIRPORT
From Year=1940 To Year=1949
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 260 292 409 508 657 753 844 821 805 670 372 304 6693
40 S 260 552 961 1469 2125 2879 3722 4544 5348 6018 6389 6693 6693
45 M 131 163 255 358 502 603 689 666 655 515 225 162 4923
45 S 131 294 549 908 1409 2012 2701 3367 4022 4537 4761 4923 4923
50 M 41 66 119 211 347 453 534 511 505 361 100 63 3311
50 S 41 108 226 437 784 1237 1771 2282 2787 3148 3248 3311 3311
55 M 6 12 34 91 194 303 379 356 355 215 27 10 1982
55 S 6 18 52 143 337 640 1019 1375 1730 1945 1972 1982 1982
60 M 0 1 4 28 72 156 224 201 212 91 5 0 993
60 S 0 1 5 33 105 260 484 686 898 988 993 993 993
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 185 172 243 315 400 462 530 509 494 423 260 186 4179
50 S 185 357 600 915 1315 1777 2307 2816 3310 3733 3993 4179 4179
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