NEW MEADOWS RANGER S, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(106388) NEW MEADOWS RANGER STN
From Year=1905 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 0 10 101 286 473 709 656 391 134 12 1 2773
40 S 0 0 11 112 398 872 1580 2236 2627 2761 2773 2773 2773
45 M 0 0 1 38 162 327 554 501 253 52 1 0 1889
45 S 0 0 1 39 201 528 1082 1583 1836 1887 1889 1889 1889
50 M 0 0 0 9 72 195 400 349 136 13 0 0 1175
50 S 0 0 0 9 82 277 677 1026 1162 1175 1175 1175 1175
55 M 0 0 0 1 24 93 252 205 54 2 0 0 631
55 S 0 0 0 1 25 118 370 576 630 631 631 631 631
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 33 124 90 13 0 0 0 265
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 39 162 252 265 265 265 265 265
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 21 110 235 341 502 493 353 169 21 0 2245
50 S 0 1 22 131 366 707 1210 1702 2055 2224 2244 2245 2245
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 Oct 31, 2012
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