BICKLETON 3 ESE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(450668) BICKLETON 3 ESE
From Year=1931 To Year=2005
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 14 60 171 384 579 840 840 581 290 41 9 3815
40 S 7 21 81 252 636 1215 2055 2895 3476 3766 3806 3815 3815
45 M 1 3 19 82 244 430 685 685 433 169 10 1 2761
45 S 1 4 23 105 349 778 1464 2148 2581 2750 2760 2761 2761
50 M 0 0 4 33 135 287 531 530 293 84 1 0 1898
50 S 0 0 4 37 172 459 990 1520 1813 1896 1898 1898 1898
55 M 0 0 0 10 64 169 379 378 175 34 0 0 1210
55 S 0 0 0 11 75 244 623 1001 1176 1210 1210 1210 1210
60 M 0 0 0 2 26 87 243 240 89 10 0 0 697
60 S 0 0 0 2 28 115 358 597 686 697 697 697 697
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 5 31 99 230 356 538 536 351 163 16 2 2330
50 S 2 7 38 138 368 724 1262 1798 2149 2312 2328 2330 2330
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