TIGER CREEK PH, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(048928) TIGER CREEK PH
From Year=1948 To Year=1998
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 100 182 262 390 611 810 1043 1025 864 624 276 94 6282
40 S 100 282 544 934 1545 2354 3397 4423 5287 5911 6187 6282 6282
45 M 29 81 135 253 457 660 888 870 714 471 152 24 4733
45 S 29 110 245 498 955 1615 2503 3373 4087 4558 4710 4733 4733
50 M 3 24 52 138 309 510 733 715 564 323 64 3 3437
50 S 3 27 79 216 525 1036 1769 2484 3048 3371 3434 3437 3437
55 M 0 3 11 57 180 363 578 560 415 190 18 0 2376
55 S 0 3 14 72 252 615 1193 1754 2169 2359 2376 2376 2376
60 M 0 0 1 15 83 227 423 406 273 87 2 0 1518
60 S 0 0 1 16 99 327 750 1156 1429 1515 1518 1518 1518
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 53 120 172 254 384 503 643 633 536 398 166 40 3901
50 S 53 173 344 598 982 1485 2128 2761 3297 3694 3860 3901 3901
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