LOWMAN, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(105414) LOWMAN
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 0 2 23 151 363 549 763 727 465 186 15 0 3245
40 S 0 2 26 177 540 1088 1852 2579 3044 3230 3245 3245 3245
45 M 0 0 3 62 223 399 608 572 320 85 3 0 2275
45 S 0 0 3 65 287 686 1295 1867 2187 2272 2275 2275 2275
50 M 0 0 0 17 111 256 453 418 190 26 0 0 1473
50 S 0 0 0 17 128 385 838 1256 1446 1472 1473 1473 1473
55 M 0 0 0 3 41 135 301 268 88 4 0 0 840
55 S 0 0 0 3 44 179 480 748 836 840 840 840 840
60 M 0 0 0 0 9 50 163 134 26 0 0 0 382
60 S 0 0 0 0 9 59 222 356 382 382 382 382 382
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 6 44 156 293 397 521 519 384 198 15 0 2531
50 S 0 6 49 205 498 895 1416 1934 2318 2516 2531 2531 2531
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 Jul 28, 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