BENTON CITY 2 NW, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450628) BENTON CITY 2 NW
From Year=1948 To Year=1964
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 25 50 130 337 600 792 995 953 703 294 94 24 4997
40 S 25 75 204 542 1141 1933 2928 3881 4584 4878 4973 4997 4997
45 M 6 14 43 197 445 642 840 798 553 156 29 5 3727
45 S 6 20 63 260 705 1347 2187 2985 3538 3693 3722 3727 3727
50 M 1 3 9 90 296 492 685 643 404 59 5 0 2687
50 S 1 4 13 103 399 891 1576 2219 2623 2682 2687 2687 2687
55 M 0 0 2 33 171 344 530 488 263 13 1 0 1844
55 S 0 0 2 35 205 549 1079 1568 1830 1843 1844 1844 1844
60 M 0 0 0 9 81 210 376 335 143 2 0 0 1158
60 S 0 0 0 9 90 300 677 1012 1155 1158 1158 1158 1158
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 29 91 235 375 493 614 590 442 186 46 11 3123
50 S 11 40 131 366 741 1234 1849 2438 2880 3066 3112 3123 3123
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 Jul 28, 2006
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