SODA SPRINGS 1 E, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048332) SODA SPRINGS 1 E
From Year=1961 To Year=1970
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 3 5 32 144 314 577 550 390 210 25 0 2252
40 S 2 5 10 43 187 501 1078 1628 2017 2227 2251 2252 2252
45 M 0 0 1 6 57 187 422 396 249 105 6 0 1430
45 S 0 0 1 7 63 251 673 1069 1318 1423 1430 1430 1430
50 M 0 0 0 0 13 89 270 248 127 36 1 0 785
50 S 0 0 0 0 14 103 373 621 748 784 785 785 785
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 32 133 118 41 6 0 0 330
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 32 165 283 324 330 330 330 330
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 5 37 33 4 0 0 0 79
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 5 42 75 79 79 79 79 79
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 6 13 32 109 206 374 354 260 159 25 2 1543
50 S 3 9 22 54 163 369 743 1098 1357 1516 1541 1543 1543
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