LIND 3 NE EXP STN, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(454679) LIND 3 NE EXP 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 11 29 114 281 529 716 965 931 655 329 59 14 4633
40 S 11 40 154 435 964 1680 2645 3576 4231 4560 4619 4633 4633
45 M 2 6 39 156 376 566 810 776 506 196 17 2 3451
45 S 2 8 47 203 579 1145 1955 2731 3236 3432 3449 3451 3451
50 M 0 1 9 71 236 416 655 621 360 97 3 0 2469
50 S 0 1 10 81 317 734 1389 2010 2370 2466 2469 2469 2469
55 M 0 0 1 25 126 272 500 466 227 38 0 0 1655
55 S 0 0 1 26 152 424 925 1391 1618 1655 1655 1655 1655
60 M 0 0 0 6 56 151 349 315 120 11 0 0 1008
60 S 0 0 0 6 62 213 561 877 997 1008 1008 1008 1008
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 12 75 196 348 453 593 579 422 217 23 3 2924
50 S 3 15 90 286 634 1087 1680 2259 2681 2898 2921 2924 2924
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