MT BALDY NOTCH, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(045901) MOUNT BALDY NOTCH
From Year=1961 To Year=1972
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 36 31 26 114 292 466 752 775 516 338 101 37 3485
40 S 36 67 93 206 498 964 1717 2492 3008 3346 3448 3485 3485
45 M 10 7 4 53 176 329 597 620 370 207 38 6 2417
45 S 10 17 21 74 250 578 1175 1796 2166 2373 2412 2417 2417
50 M 1 1 0 16 85 205 442 466 232 100 6 0 1555
50 S 1 2 2 18 104 309 751 1217 1449 1549 1555 1555 1555
55 M 0 0 0 3 25 105 287 312 118 37 0 0 886
55 S 0 0 0 3 28 132 420 731 849 886 886 886 886
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 38 144 165 45 9 0 0 403
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 41 185 350 394 403 403 403 403
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 19 15 11 58 166 279 451 479 288 174 48 13 2000
50 S 19 34 44 103 268 548 999 1477 1765 1939 1987 2000 2000
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