CONCRETE PPL FISH STN, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(451679) CONCRETE PPL FISH STN
From Year=1931 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 32 61 145 296 493 609 756 769 607 382 128 38 4316
40 S 32 93 238 534 1027 1636 2392 3161 3768 4150 4278 4316 4316
45 M 4 12 50 161 339 459 601 614 457 233 41 5 2976
45 S 4 16 66 227 565 1024 1625 2239 2696 2930 2971 2976 2976
50 M 0 1 11 68 195 309 446 459 308 111 7 0 1916
50 S 0 1 12 80 275 585 1031 1490 1797 1909 1916 1916 1916
55 M 0 0 2 22 88 169 292 304 169 38 1 0 1085
55 S 0 0 2 23 112 281 573 878 1047 1084 1085 1085 1085
60 M 0 0 0 5 32 70 151 158 68 8 0 0 490
60 S 0 0 0 5 36 106 257 415 482 490 490 490 490
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 25 73 156 266 334 450 461 337 177 34 4 2322
50 S 6 31 104 260 525 860 1309 1770 2107 2284 2318 2322 2322
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