WARNER SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(049447) WARNER SPRINGS
From Year=1948 To Year=1977
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	163	193	246	375	566	758	1033	1022	848	606	337	198	6346
40 S	163	356	602	977	1543	2301	3334	4356	5205	5811	6147	6346	6346
45 M	72	90	125	236	413	608	878	867	698	453	204	90	4733
45 S	72	162	287	523	936	1544	2422	3289	3987	4440	4643	4733	4733
50 M	22	29	45	122	266	458	723	712	548	304	97	27	3354
50 S	22	51	96	218	484	942	1666	2378	2926	3230	3327	3354	3354
55 M	4	6	9	44	140	313	568	557	399	171	33	5	2250
55 S	4	10	19	63	203	516	1084	1641	2040	2211	2244	2250	2250
60 M	0	1	0	10	54	183	413	403	256	73	6	0	1400
60 S	0	1	1	11	66	248	662	1065	1321	1394	1400	1400	1400

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	162	187	214	295	407	492	624	622	541	438	273	189	4444
50 S	162	349	563	859	1266	1758	2382	3004	3544	3982	4255	4444	4444

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