RAYMOND 2 S, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(456914) RAYMOND 2 S
From Year=1980 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 83 89 163 246 399 508 645 666 530 326 142 67 3864
40 S 83 172 335 581 980 1489 2133 2799 3329 3655 3797 3864 3864
45 M 24 25 55 115 246 358 490 511 380 180 53 20 2456
45 S 24 48 104 219 465 823 1313 1823 2204 2383 2436 2456 2456
50 M 4 3 10 38 116 210 335 356 232 69 12 3 1388
50 S 4 7 18 56 172 382 717 1072 1305 1374 1385 1388 1388
55 M 0 0 1 9 39 83 183 202 103 17 1 0 639
55 S 0 0 1 10 50 133 316 518 621 638 639 639 639
60 M 0 0 0 1 11 23 63 75 28 2 0 0 204
60 S 0 0 0 1 12 36 99 174 202 204 204 204 204
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 18 37 80 127 201 259 358 383 311 175 46 14 2008
50 S 18 54 134 262 462 722 1080 1463 1773 1948 1994 2008 2008
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