2016 marks the end of our 5 year climate study and as in 2015 a few experienced some problems downloading. Out of the 38 units we installed, 13 experienced some type of problem and we could not get any data from them. Unfortunately many of the damaged units came from the Fauquier/Needles region so no data for this region was available for 2016.
Looking at our frost free days, we do see an increase again this year. In many locations, there had not been a fall frost occurrence until well into November.
For our purposes we used “slight” frost as our parameter, using 0°C for our last spring frost and -2°C for our first fall frost.
For our purposes we used “slight” frost as our parameter, using 0°C for our last spring frost and -2°C for our first fall frost.
Frost Free Days (FFD)
Region
|
2014
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2015
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2016
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Nakusp
|
191
|
192
|
195
|
Arrow Park
|
175
|
192
|
201
|
Burton
|
177
|
187
|
210
|
Needles/Fauquier
|
171
|
182
|
*Data from this area was corrupt and FFD were not available.
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We expected that our 2015 was a warmer year, and for the most part it was. We had more FFD and most areas showed an increase in GDD.
Growing Degree Days (GDD) is a measure of heat accumulation used to predict plant development rates such as the date that a crop will reach maturity. GDD is calculated by taking the average of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures minus a base temperature, (in our case 10 °C). The yearly GDD is cumulative throughout the growing season (April 1 to October 31).
Region
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
Nakusp
|
1033
|
1011
|
1062
|
Arrow Park
|
997
|
1057
|
1020
|
Burton
|
1077
|
1116
|
1082
|
Needles/Fauquier
|
1060
|
1099
|
Data from this area was corrupt and GDD were not available.
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