SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(047668) SALINAS 2 E
From Year=1958 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 360 377 450 483 574 632 701 733 717 668 479 360 6533
40 S 360 737 1187 1670 2244 2876 3576 4309 5026 5694 6173 6533 6533
45 M 212 238 295 333 419 482 546 578 567 513 329 211 4722
45 S 212 450 745 1078 1497 1979 2524 3102 3669 4182 4511 4722 4722
50 M 94 113 151 187 264 332 391 423 417 358 187 91 3008
50 S 94 207 359 545 810 1141 1532 1955 2372 2730 2917 3008 3008
55 M 26 35 51 72 117 182 236 268 267 207 77 23 1559
55 S 26 61 112 183 301 483 718 986 1253 1460 1536 1559 1559
60 M 3 6 10 19 30 56 86 115 122 84 20 2 554
60 S 3 10 19 38 68 124 210 326 448 532 552 554 554
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 201 205 243 260 297 339 392 424 417 388 273 201 3640
50 S 201 406 649 908 1205 1544 1936 2360 2777 3165 3439 3640 3640
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