LAKE CITY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(044675) LAKE CITY
From Year=1929 To Year=1960
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 8 17 76 226 433 606 944 882 630 336 79 19 4254
40 S 8 25 100 326 760 1365 2309 3191 3821 4157 4235 4254 4254
45 M 1 2 23 119 291 457 789 727 481 203 27 4 3122
45 S 1 3 26 145 436 892 1681 2408 2889 3092 3119 3122 3122
50 M 0 0 4 49 170 314 634 572 339 100 5 0 2188
50 S 0 0 4 54 223 537 1171 1743 2082 2182 2188 2188 2188
55 M 0 0 0 13 82 190 479 418 211 36 0 0 1430
55 S 0 0 0 13 95 286 765 1183 1394 1430 1430 1430 1430
60 M 0 0 0 1 27 98 328 271 108 6 0 0 839
60 S 0 0 0 1 28 127 454 725 833 839 839 839 839
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 13 63 162 288 386 593 561 424 245 72 10 2823
50 S 4 17 81 243 531 917 1510 2071 2496 2741 2812 2823 2823
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