BURNEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(041214) BURNEY
From Year=1948 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 7 24 77 188 405 605 812 748 553 289 61 11 3781
40 S 7 32 108 296 702 1307 2119 2867 3420 3710 3770 3781 3781
45 M 1 3 22 92 265 457 657 593 405 162 16 2 2675
45 S 1 4 27 119 383 840 1497 2090 2495 2657 2673 2675 2675
50 M 0 0 3 34 148 313 502 438 265 69 2 0 1775
50 S 0 0 4 37 185 498 1001 1439 1704 1773 1775 1775 1775
55 M 0 0 0 7 67 185 350 287 144 21 0 0 1061
55 S 0 0 0 7 75 260 610 897 1040 1061 1061 1061 1061
60 M 0 0 0 1 22 86 206 151 56 3 0 0 526
60 S 0 0 0 1 23 109 315 466 522 526 526 526 526
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 44 96 181 317 424 540 524 443 295 81 13 2969
50 S 11 54 150 332 648 1072 1613 2137 2579 2875 2956 2969 2969
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