ELTOPIA 7 WNW, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(452540) ELTOPIA 6 W
From Year=1954 To Year=1973
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 27 48 149 306 588 772 989 941 682 352 83 27 4963
40 S 27 75 224 530 1118 1890 2879 3820 4502 4854 4936 4963 4963
45 M 8 13 59 169 434 622 834 786 532 210 26 4 3696
45 S 8 20 79 248 682 1304 2138 2924 3456 3666 3692 3696 3696
50 M 2 3 14 71 285 472 679 631 385 102 4 0 2648
50 S 2 4 18 89 375 846 1526 2156 2541 2643 2648 2648 2648
55 M 0 0 2 22 162 323 524 476 244 36 0 0 1791
55 S 0 1 3 25 188 511 1035 1511 1755 1791 1791 1791 1791
60 M 0 0 0 6 76 190 372 323 126 9 0 0 1101
60 S 0 0 0 6 81 271 643 966 1092 1101 1101 1101 1101
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 27 101 210 372 481 615 587 428 216 34 8 3089
50 S 10 37 138 348 720 1201 1816 2403 2831 3046 3081 3089 3089
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