HOQUIAM FCWOS AP, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(453807) HOQUIAM FCWOS AP
From Year=1953 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 106 125 177 258 408 512 623 647 575 399 196 108 4132
40 S 106 232 409 666 1074 1586 2208 2855 3430 3829 4024 4132 4132
45 M 29 39 62 120 253 362 468 492 425 247 82 30 2607
45 S 29 68 130 250 503 865 1332 1824 2249 2495 2577 2607 2607
50 M 2 6 12 35 112 212 313 337 275 113 18 3 1438
50 S 2 8 20 55 168 380 692 1029 1305 1417 1435 1438 1438
55 M 0 0 1 8 32 77 159 183 135 31 1 0 627
55 S 0 0 1 9 41 118 278 460 595 626 627 627 627
60 M 0 0 0 1 8 15 40 51 39 4 0 0 160
60 S 0 0 0 1 10 25 65 116 155 160 160 160 160
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 26 51 90 168 234 321 343 298 168 47 12 1770
50 S 11 38 89 179 347 581 902 1245 1544 1712 1759 1770 1770
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