BUCKLEY 1 NE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450945) BUCKLEY 1 NE
From Year=1913 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 67 88 149 259 441 572 728 730 561 342 141 70 4148
40 S 67 154 303 563 1004 1576 2304 3034 3595 3937 4078 4148 4148
45 M 18 27 54 129 288 422 573 575 411 196 52 17 2763
45 S 18 46 100 229 516 938 1511 2086 2498 2694 2746 2763 2763
50 M 3 5 13 48 150 272 418 420 263 83 12 2 1689
50 S 3 8 21 70 220 492 910 1330 1593 1676 1688 1689 1689
55 M 0 1 2 14 60 137 264 266 130 23 1 0 898
55 S 0 1 3 17 77 214 478 744 874 896 898 898 898
60 M 0 0 0 3 19 51 126 124 44 4 0 0 371
60 S 0 0 0 3 22 73 199 323 367 371 371 371 371
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 30 68 134 238 315 435 436 316 163 44 14 2209
50 S 15 45 114 247 486 801 1235 1672 1988 2151 2195 2209 2209
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