RAYMOND 2 S, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(456914) RAYMOND 2 S
From Year=1980 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 78 85 152 231 389 499 640 657 529 315 137 63 3774
40 S 78 163 315 546 935 1433 2073 2730 3259 3574 3711 3774 3774
45 M 21 23 49 105 236 349 485 502 379 170 51 18 2386
45 S 21 44 93 198 434 783 1267 1769 2148 2318 2368 2386 2386
50 M 3 3 9 34 109 200 330 347 231 62 11 2 1340
50 S 3 6 15 48 158 358 688 1034 1265 1327 1338 1340 1340
55 M 0 0 1 7 37 79 178 193 102 14 1 0 612
55 S 0 0 1 9 45 124 302 495 597 611 612 612 612
60 M 0 0 0 1 11 22 61 70 27 1 0 0 193
60 S 0 0 0 1 12 33 94 164 191 193 193 193 193
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 17 35 73 120 196 252 354 375 310 169 46 13 1960
50 S 17 52 125 245 441 693 1047 1422 1732 1901 1947 1960 1960
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