FIVE POINTS 5 SSW, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(043083) FIVE POINTS 5 SSW
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 200 323 470 618 852 1032 1244 1190 1023 782 420 197 8350
40 S 200 522 992 1611 2463 3494 4738 5929 6952 7733 8153 8350 8350
45 M 91 189 317 469 697 882 1089 1035 873 627 275 88 6630
45 S 91 280 597 1065 1762 2644 3733 4768 5641 6268 6542 6630 6630
50 M 31 81 178 322 542 732 934 880 723 472 150 28 5073
50 S 31 112 290 612 1154 1886 2820 3701 4423 4895 5045 5073 5073
55 M 6 21 76 190 389 582 779 725 573 321 63 6 3732
55 S 6 28 104 294 684 1265 2044 2770 3343 3664 3726 3732 3732
60 M 1 2 24 91 245 432 624 571 423 186 19 1 2619
60 S 1 3 27 118 363 795 1419 1990 2413 2599 2618 2619 2619
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 98 184 285 387 532 636 755 733 642 491 253 102 5097
50 S 98 281 567 953 1485 2121 2877 3610 4252 4742 4995 5097 5097
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