SQUIRREL INN 2, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048479) SQUIRREL INN 2
From Year=1920 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 72 79 142 243 403 612 891 882 728 465 215 103 4835
40 S 72 151 294 536 939 1552 2442 3324 4052 4517 4732 4835 4835
45 M 23 27 61 138 267 467 736 727 578 322 113 40 3498
45 S 23 49 110 248 515 981 1717 2444 3022 3344 3457 3498 3498
50 M 3 5 16 60 150 328 581 572 432 194 44 10 2394
50 S 3 8 24 84 234 562 1143 1715 2146 2341 2384 2394 2394
55 M 0 0 2 16 66 203 427 418 292 94 8 1 1528
55 S 0 1 3 19 85 288 715 1133 1425 1519 1528 1528 1528
60 M 0 0 0 2 20 107 277 270 168 33 0 0 878
60 S 0 0 0 2 22 129 406 676 844 877 878 878 878
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 44 49 90 151 244 377 583 577 457 268 127 59 3027
50 S 44 93 183 334 578 955 1538 2115 2572 2840 2967 3027 3027
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