BAKERSFIELD WSO ARPT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040442) BAKERSFIELD WSO ARPT
From Year=1937 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	253	363	531	684	942	1129	1359	1304	1107	847	469	261	9248
40 S	253	617	1147	1831	2773	3902	5261	6565	7671	8519	8988	9248	9248
45 M	129	226	376	534	787	979	1204	1149	957	692	321	134	7488
45 S	129	355	732	1266	2052	3031	4235	5384	6341	7033	7354	7488	7488
50 M	50	110	229	385	632	829	1049	994	807	537	186	51	5857
50 S	50	160	389	773	1405	2234	3283	4277	5083	5621	5806	5857	5857
55 M	13	38	109	245	477	679	894	839	657	384	84	13	4432
55 S	13	51	160	405	882	1561	2455	3294	3951	4335	4419	4432	4432
60 M	2	7	37	130	327	529	739	684	507	241	27	2	3233
60 S	2	9	47	177	504	1033	1772	2456	2963	3204	3231	3233	3233

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	128	197	302	411	594	720	852	827	713	530	267	135	5675
50 S	128	325	626	1037	1631	2351	3204	4031	4743	5273	5540	5675	5675

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 Jul 28, 2006
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