CORCORAN IRRIG DIST, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(042012) CORCORAN IRRIG DIST
From Year=1948 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	187	306	477	639	898	1074	1273	1221	1028	779	397	183	8461
40 S	187	493	970	1609	2507	3581	4854	6075	7103	7881	8278	8461	8461
45 M	85	174	323	489	743	924	1118	1066	878	624	252	79	6754
45 S	85	259	582	1071	1814	2738	3856	4922	5799	6423	6675	6754	6754
50 M	27	73	182	341	588	774	963	911	728	469	133	25	5214
50 S	27	100	282	623	1211	1985	2948	3859	4587	5056	5189	5214	5214
55 M	5	19	77	205	434	624	808	756	578	319	50	5	3878
55 S	5	23	100	305	739	1363	2171	2927	3505	3824	3873	3878	3878
60 M	0	2	20	99	287	474	653	601	428	184	11	1	2761
60 S	0	2	23	122	409	883	1536	2137	2565	2749	2760	2761	2761

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	91	171	284	396	556	657	763	740	636	492	244	96	5126
50 S	91	262	546	942	1498	2155	2918	3658	4293	4785	5029	5126	5126

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