WARNER SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(049447) WARNER SPRINGS
From Year=1906 To Year=1977
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	196	214	293	401	575	768	1043	1027	855	627	379	235	6613
40 S	196	409	702	1103	1678	2447	3490	4516	5372	5999	6378	6613	6613
45 M	90	105	163	259	422	618	888	872	705	473	240	117	4952
45 S	90	195	358	617	1038	1657	2545	3416	4122	4595	4835	4952	4952
50 M	29	37	69	138	274	469	733	717	555	323	125	42	3511
50 S	29	66	136	274	548	1016	1749	2466	3021	3344	3468	3511	3511
55 M	6	9	20	55	146	322	578	562	406	187	47	10	2348
55 S	6	14	35	89	236	558	1136	1698	2103	2291	2338	2348	2348
60 M	1	1	3	13	59	191	423	407	262	83	10	1	1456
60 S	1	2	5	18	78	268	692	1099	1361	1444	1455	1456	1456

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	168	177	227	292	392	490	639	634	542	436	293	195	4487
50 S	168	345	572	864	1256	1747	2386	3020	3562	3999	4291	4487	4487

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