MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(455608) MOSES LAKE
From Year=1979 To Year=1987
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	31	142	313	549	730	913	921	578	295	57	7	4541
40 S	7	38	179	492	1041	1771	2683	3604	4182	4477	4534	4541	4541
45 M	0	9	42	178	395	580	758	766	428	165	18	1	3339
45 S	0	9	51	229	624	1203	1961	2727	3155	3320	3338	3339	3339
50 M	0	1	5	81	249	430	603	611	284	68	1	0	2331
50 S	0	1	5	86	335	765	1368	1978	2262	2329	2331	2331	2331
55 M	0	0	0	30	132	283	448	456	162	20	0	0	1530
55 S	0	0	0	30	162	444	892	1348	1510	1530	1530	1530	1530
60 M	0	0	0	8	61	152	299	304	73	2	0	0	899
60 S	0	0	0	8	69	221	520	825	897	899	899	899	899

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	17	90	195	333	445	572	581	366	199	25	3	2829
50 S	2	19	109	304	637	1082	1655	2236	2603	2802	2827	2829	2829

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