PLEASANT VIEW, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(456553) PLEASANT VIEW
From Year=1936 To Year=1979
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 18 42 130 251 545 770 1029 1017 702 389 87 24 5005
40 S 18 60 190 441 986 1756 2785 3802 4504 4894 4981 5005 5005
45 M 5 11 55 130 392 620 874 862 552 247 30 4 3780
45 S 5 15 70 200 592 1212 2086 2948 3500 3747 3776 3780 3780
50 M 1 1 19 57 253 472 719 707 406 133 8 0 2775
50 S 1 2 21 78 330 802 1521 2228 2634 2767 2774 2775 2775
55 M 0 0 4 22 142 329 564 553 270 59 1 0 1946
55 S 0 0 4 26 168 498 1062 1615 1885 1944 1946 1946 1946
60 M 0 0 0 8 69 208 412 402 158 21 0 0 1279
60 S 0 0 0 8 77 286 698 1100 1258 1279 1279 1279 1279
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 24 79 162 334 476 646 632 434 242 41 5 3080
50 S 6 29 108 270 604 1080 1725 2357 2792 3034 3075 3080 3080
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