MOXEE CITY 10 E, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(455688) MOXEE CITY 10 E
From Year=1946 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 26 101 246 487 681 900 867 626 299 57 10 4310
40 S 11 37 138 384 871 1552 2452 3319 3945 4244 4301 4310 4310
45 M 2 5 32 127 336 531 745 712 476 168 16 2 3151
45 S 2 7 39 166 502 1033 1777 2490 2966 3134 3149 3151 3151
50 M 0 1 7 51 202 382 590 557 329 75 3 0 2196
50 S 0 1 7 58 260 642 1232 1789 2119 2193 2196 2196 2196
55 M 0 0 0 14 100 241 435 403 197 25 1 0 1417
55 S 0 0 1 15 115 356 791 1195 1391 1417 1417 1417 1417
60 M 0 0 0 3 39 127 287 256 95 6 0 0 813
60 S 0 0 0 3 42 169 456 712 807 813 813 813 813
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 5 16 74 175 320 431 565 547 401 195 27 3 2760
50 S 5 20 94 269 589 1020 1585 2132 2534 2729 2757 2760 2760
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