BICKLETON, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450668) BICKLETON 3 ESE
From Year=1927 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	7	13	57	167	381	571	840	841	583	286	41	8	3797
40 S	7	20	78	245	625	1196	2037	2878	3461	3747	3788	3797	3797
45 M	1	3	18	80	241	422	685	686	435	165	10	1	2748
45 S	1	4	22	102	343	764	1450	2136	2571	2736	2747	2748	2748
50 M	0	0	4	32	133	280	531	531	295	81	1	0	1889
50 S	0	0	4	36	169	449	980	1511	1806	1888	1889	1889	1889
55 M	0	0	0	10	63	162	379	379	177	32	0	0	1204
55 S	0	0	0	10	74	236	615	995	1172	1204	1204	1204	1204
60 M	0	0	0	2	25	82	242	241	90	9	0	0	692
60 S	0	0	0	2	28	110	352	592	682	692	692	692	692

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	5	29	97	227	350	538	538	352	160	16	2	2316
50 S	2	7	36	133	361	710	1248	1786	2138	2298	2314	2316	2316

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