BELLINGHAM 2 N, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450564) BELLINGHAM 2 N
From Year=1915 To Year=1985
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 56 76 125 236 412 545 664 662 509 312 137 77 3811
40 S 56 132 257 493 905 1450 2114 2776 3285 3597 3734 3811 3811
45 M 14 20 35 103 258 395 509 507 359 168 50 22 2442
45 S 14 34 70 173 431 825 1334 1841 2201 2369 2420 2442 2442
50 M 2 2 5 27 119 245 354 352 213 62 10 3 1394
50 S 2 4 9 36 155 400 754 1106 1319 1381 1392 1394 1394
55 M 0 0 0 4 33 108 201 198 89 13 1 0 648
55 S 0 0 0 4 38 146 347 545 633 646 647 648 648
60 M 0 0 0 0 6 28 73 70 18 1 0 0 197
60 S 0 0 0 0 6 34 107 177 196 197 197 197 197
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 25 54 125 229 302 396 398 300 162 47 17 2067
50 S 12 37 91 216 445 747 1143 1541 1841 2003 2050 2067 2067
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