TAHOE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048758) TAHOE
From Year=1914 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 1 2 12 63 219 413 654 638 436 201 29 3 2671
40 S 1 3 15 78 297 710 1364 2002 2438 2639 2668 2671 2671
45 M 0 0 1 15 108 271 499 483 292 92 4 0 1766
45 S 0 0 1 16 125 396 895 1378 1671 1762 1766 1766 1766
50 M 0 0 0 2 37 148 346 329 162 27 0 0 1051
50 S 0 0 0 2 39 187 533 862 1023 1051 1051 1051 1051
55 M 0 0 0 0 6 58 198 183 61 4 0 0 509
55 S 0 0 0 0 7 65 262 445 506 509 509 509 509
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 13 76 67 10 0 0 0 166
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 13 89 156 166 166 166 166 166
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 15 62 166 283 436 425 300 156 28 3 1878
50 S 1 5 20 82 248 531 967 1392 1692 1848 1875 1878 1878
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