BEAUMONT #2, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040609) BEAUMONT 1 E
From Year=1939 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	298	313	401	520	714	896	1142	1144	985	763	479	329	7983
40 S	298	611	1012	1532	2246	3142	4284	5428	6413	7176	7654	7983	7983
45 M	167	187	255	372	560	746	987	989	835	608	332	193	6231
45 S	167	354	609	981	1541	2287	3274	4263	5097	5705	6037	6231	6231
50 M	73	89	133	237	406	596	832	834	685	454	201	91	4631
50 S	73	162	295	532	938	1534	2366	3200	3885	4339	4540	4631	4631
55 M	23	33	52	127	262	447	677	679	535	306	99	31	3272
55 S	23	57	109	236	498	945	1622	2301	2836	3142	3241	3272	3272
60 M	4	9	14	52	140	303	522	524	386	175	35	6	2170
60 S	4	12	26	78	219	522	1044	1568	1954	2129	2164	2170	2170

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	169	191	250	327	436	539	685	692	602	473	292	189	4845
50 S	169	360	610	936	1373	1912	2597	3288	3891	4364	4656	4845	4845

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