BODIE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040943) BODIE
From Year=1895 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 0 0 2 22 134 312 497 448 249 70 6 0 1741
40 S 0 1 3 25 160 471 968 1416 1665 1735 1741 1741 1741
45 M 0 0 0 4 53 179 343 296 127 18 1 0 1020
45 S 0 0 0 4 57 236 579 875 1002 1020 1020 1020 1020
50 M 0 0 0 0 13 76 197 156 42 2 0 0 486
50 S 0 0 0 0 13 89 286 442 484 486 486 486 486
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 21 81 53 7 0 0 0 162
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 22 103 155 162 162 162 162 162
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 9 1 0 0 0 30
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 29 30 30 30 30 30
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 7 17 59 168 292 417 399 288 161 42 8 1865
50 S 6 13 29 89 257 549 966 1366 1654 1815 1857 1865 1865
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