SIERRA MADRE HENSZEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048210) SIERRA MADRE HENSZEY
From Year=1897 To Year=1958
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	448	435	530	599	703	823	1043	1060	970	830	670	521	8633
40 S	448	883	1413	2013	2716	3539	4582	5642	6612	7442	8113	8633	8633
45 M	300	296	376	449	548	673	888	905	820	675	521	368	6819
45 S	300	596	972	1421	1969	2642	3530	4435	5256	5931	6451	6819	6819
50 M	169	170	230	301	393	523	733	750	670	520	373	225	5058
50 S	169	338	569	870	1263	1786	2519	3269	3940	4460	4833	5058	5058
55 M	76	76	116	168	242	373	578	595	520	366	234	116	3461
55 S	76	153	268	436	679	1052	1630	2225	2745	3111	3345	3461	3461
60 M	27	29	48	75	117	227	423	440	371	223	123	48	2152
60 S	27	57	104	180	296	524	946	1387	1757	1980	2104	2152	2152

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	227	226	287	334	404	509	676	687	619	508	392	276	5144
50 S	227	452	740	1074	1477	1986	2662	3349	3968	4476	4868	5144	5144

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