LIND 3 NE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(454679) LIND 3 NE EXP STN
From Year=1931 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 11 28 113 277 525 712 968 931 659 329 59 13 4627
40 S 11 40 153 430 955 1667 2635 3566 4226 4554 4614 4627 4627
45 M 2 6 38 153 372 562 813 776 510 195 17 2 3448
45 S 2 8 46 199 572 1134 1947 2723 3233 3428 3445 3448 3448
50 M 0 1 9 70 233 413 658 621 364 97 3 0 2468
50 S 0 1 10 80 313 726 1384 2005 2368 2465 2468 2468 2468
55 M 0 0 1 24 125 268 503 466 230 37 0 0 1656
55 S 0 0 1 25 150 418 922 1388 1618 1656 1656 1656 1656
60 M 0 0 0 6 55 148 351 316 123 11 0 0 1010
60 S 0 0 0 6 61 209 560 876 999 1010 1010 1010 1010
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 12 74 193 346 451 596 579 425 216 24 2 2920
50 S 3 14 88 281 627 1078 1674 2254 2678 2894 2918 2920 2920
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