DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(042331) DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE
From Year=1948 To Year=2007
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	13	53	153	326	595	850	1083	1004	746	420	108	13	5364
40 S	13	65	218	544	1139	1989	3072	4076	4823	5243	5351	5364	5364
45 M	1	13	67	200	443	700	928	849	597	277	38	1	4113
45 S	1	15	82	281	724	1424	2352	3201	3797	4075	4112	4113	4113
50 M	0	2	22	98	299	550	773	694	448	152	7	0	3045
50 S	0	2	24	122	420	971	1744	2438	2886	3037	3044	3045	3045
55 M	0	0	4	34	174	404	618	539	303	62	0	0	2138
55 S	0	0	4	38	212	616	1234	1773	2076	2138	2138	2138	2138
60 M	0	0	0	7	79	265	463	384	169	16	0	0	1384
60 S	0	0	0	8	86	351	814	1198	1367	1384	1384	1384	1384

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	36	63	136	242	393	543	681	638	482	307	119	40	3680
50 S	36	99	235	477	870	1413	2094	2733	3215	3522	3640	3680	3680

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