SOUTH ENTR YOSEMITE NP, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048380) SOUTH ENTR YOSEMITE NP
From Year=1948 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 34 45 69 162 355 568 797 773 600 369 130 52 3956
40 S 34 79 149 311 666 1234 2030 2804 3404 3773 3904 3956 3956
45 M 6 11 19 75 225 420 642 618 452 234 54 13 2768
45 S 6 17 35 110 335 756 1397 2015 2467 2701 2755 2768 2768
50 M 0 1 3 24 120 282 487 463 309 124 15 2 1829
50 S 0 1 5 28 148 429 916 1379 1688 1812 1827 1829 1829
55 M 0 0 0 3 47 161 334 310 181 50 2 0 1089
55 S 0 0 0 4 51 212 546 856 1037 1087 1089 1089 1089
60 M 0 0 0 0 11 71 191 169 79 14 0 0 536
60 S 0 0 0 0 11 83 274 443 522 536 536 536 536
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 32 43 63 125 240 362 506 494 385 252 101 50 2653
50 S 32 74 137 262 503 865 1371 1865 2251 2503 2604 2653 2653
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 Apr 5, 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