LODGEPOLE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(045026) LODGEPOLE
From Year=1968 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 0 2 11 48 191 401 610 591 400 171 19 0 2443
40 S 0 2 13 61 251 652 1262 1853 2253 2424 2443 2443 2443
45 M 0 0 0 11 93 263 456 436 260 76 2 0 1597
45 S 0 0 0 12 104 368 823 1260 1519 1596 1597 1597 1597
50 M 0 0 0 1 33 143 303 286 139 24 0 0 929
50 S 0 0 0 1 34 177 480 766 905 929 929 929 929
55 M 0 0 0 0 6 55 162 150 52 4 0 0 429
55 S 0 0 0 0 6 61 224 374 425 429 429 429 429
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 11 59 53 8 0 0 0 132
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 12 71 123 132 132 132 132 132
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 10 21 54 145 270 394 389 280 147 27 1 1740
50 S 1 11 32 86 232 502 896 1285 1565 1712 1739 1740 1740
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