NEW CUYAMA FIRE STN, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(046154) NEW CUYAMA FIRE STN
From Year=1974 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 217 238 332 435 680 878 1081 1043 867 630 322 208 6933
40 S 217 456 788 1223 1903 2781 3862 4906 5773 6403 6724 6933 6933
45 M 100 121 192 291 526 728 926 888 717 475 189 92 5245
45 S 100 221 413 704 1229 1957 2883 3772 4488 4964 5153 5245 5245
50 M 30 44 84 167 373 578 771 733 567 325 85 23 3781
50 S 30 74 158 325 698 1276 2047 2780 3347 3672 3758 3781 3781
55 M 3 10 23 75 233 429 616 578 418 190 26 2 2604
55 S 3 13 36 110 343 772 1389 1967 2385 2575 2601 2604 2604
60 M 0 1 3 23 122 285 461 423 274 86 4 0 1684
60 S 0 1 5 28 150 435 896 1320 1594 1680 1684 1684 1684
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 172 171 230 308 452 546 649 630 537 424 244 175 4538
50 S 172 343 573 881 1332 1878 2528 3157 3694 4118 4362 4538 4538
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