BEAUMONT 1 E, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(040609) BEAUMONT 1 E
From Year=1948 To Year=2001
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 305 325 410 530 720 909 1148 1153 995 776 487 334 8092
40 S 305 629 1039 1569 2289 3198 4346 5499 6494 7270 7757 8092 8092
45 M 174 197 263 382 565 759 993 998 845 621 341 199 6337
45 S 174 371 634 1016 1581 2339 3333 4331 5176 5797 6138 6337 6337
50 M 78 96 139 246 412 609 838 843 695 467 208 94 4726
50 S 78 174 314 560 972 1580 2419 3262 3957 4424 4632 4726 4726
55 M 26 37 57 133 268 460 683 688 545 319 103 32 3350
55 S 26 62 119 253 521 980 1663 2352 2897 3215 3318 3350 3350
60 M 4 10 16 55 146 315 528 533 396 184 37 7 2231
60 S 4 14 29 84 231 546 1074 1607 2004 2188 2225 2231 2231
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 173 199 257 335 440 546 689 695 607 482 298 193 4913
50 S 173 372 628 964 1403 1949 2638 3333 3940 4422 4720 4913 4913
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