PACIFIC HOUSE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(046597) PACIFIC HOUSE
From Year=1941 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 52 48 52 257 460 651 913 993 858 424 77 24 4807
40 S 52 100 152 409 869 1520 2432 3425 4283 4707 4783 4807 4807
45 M 2 12 11 145 317 502 758 838 708 275 17 4 3586
45 S 2 14 24 169 487 988 1746 2584 3291 3566 3583 3586 3586
50 M 0 0 2 64 193 361 603 683 558 143 1 0 2606
50 S 0 0 2 66 259 620 1222 1905 2463 2606 2606 2606 2606
55 M 0 0 0 24 95 233 448 528 408 53 0 0 1787
55 S 0 0 0 24 119 352 799 1327 1735 1787 1787 1787 1787
60 M 0 0 0 7 30 126 293 373 259 9 0 0 1096
60 S 0 0 0 7 37 163 455 828 1087 1096 1096 1096 1096
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 44 28 184 323 416 562 604 535 258 43 15 3037
50 S 25 69 97 282 604 1020 1583 2186 2722 2980 3022 3037 3037
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