LOCA Derived Climate Variables

  • cdd: Cooling degree days (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 65°F) [degF]
  • consecDD: Annual maximum number of consecutive dry days (days with total precipitation less than 0.01 inches)
  • consecDD-JJA: Summer maximum number of consecutive dry days (days with total precipitation less than 0.01 inches in June, July, and August)
  • * consecWD: Annual maximum number of consecutive wet days (days with total precipitation greater than or equal to 0.01 inches)
  • first-freeze-date: Date of the first fall freeze (annual first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the fall)
  • gdd: Growing degree days, base 50 (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 50°F) [degF]
  • gddmod: Modified growing degree days, base 50 (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 50°F; before calculating the daily average temperatures, daily maximum temperatures above 86°F and daily minimum temperatures below 50°F are set to those values) [degF]
  • growing-season: Length of the growing (frost-free) season (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the fall)
  • growing-season-28F: Length of the growing season, 28°F threshold (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 28°F in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 28°F in the fall)
  • growing-season-41F: Length of the growing season, 41°F threshold (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 41°F in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 41°F in the fall)
  • hdd: Heating degree days (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is less than 65°F) [degF]
  • last-freeze-date: Date of the last spring freeze (annual last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the spring)
  • pr-above-99th: Annual total precipitation for all days exceeding the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average [inches]
  • pr-annual: Annual total precipitation [inches]
  • pr-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with precipitation exceeding the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average [inches]
  • pr1in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 1 inch
  • pr2in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 2 inches
  • pr3in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 3 inches * pr4in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 4 inches
  • prmax1day: Annual highest precipitation total for a single day [inches]
  • prmax5day: Annual highest precipitation total over a 5-day period [inches]
  • tavg: Daily average temperature [degF]
  • tmax: Daily maximum temperature [degF]
  • tmax-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with maximum temperature greater than the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
  • tmax-days-below-1st: Annual number of days with maximum temperature lower than the 1st percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
  • tmax100F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 100degF
  • tmax105F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 105degF * tmax110F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 110degF
  • tmax115F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 115degF * tmax1day: Annual single highest maximum temperature [degF]
  • tmax32F: Annual number of icing days (days with a maximum temperature less than 32degF)
  • tmax5day: Annual highest maximum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]
  • tmax86F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 86degF
  • tmax90F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 90degF
  • tmax95F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 95degF
  • tmin: Daily minimum temperature [degF]
  • tmin-days-above-75F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 75degF
  • tmin-days-above-80F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 80degF
  • tmin-days-above-85F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 85degF
  • tmin-days-above-90F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 90degF
  • tmin-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with minimum temperature greater than the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
  • tmin-days-below-1st: Annual number of days with minimum temperature lower than the 1st percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
  • tmin-days-below-28F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature less than 28degF
  • tmin-max5day: Annual highest minimum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]
  • tmin1day: Annual single lowest minimum temperature [degF]
  • tmin32F: Annual number of frost days (days with a minimum temperature less than 32degF)
  • tmin5day: Annual lowest minimum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]