CAVE CREEK, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(021361) CAVE CREEK
From Year=1907 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 354 356 550 744 1006 1282 1482 1441 1242 949 556 366 10328
40 S 354 710 1260 2004 3010 4292 5774 7214 8457 9406 9962 10328 10328
45 M 212 223 396 595 852 1132 1327 1286 1092 794 408 225 8541
45 S 212 435 830 1425 2277 3409 4736 6021 7114 7908 8316 8541 8541
50 M 95 111 252 446 697 982 1172 1131 942 639 269 110 6845
50 S 95 206 458 903 1601 2583 3755 4885 5827 6467 6735 6845 6845
55 M 26 39 128 303 543 832 1017 976 792 486 146 35 5323
55 S 26 65 193 496 1039 1872 2888 3864 4656 5142 5288 5323 5323
60 M 3 10 46 173 391 682 862 821 642 337 59 6 4032
60 S 3 13 59 232 623 1306 2167 2988 3630 3968 4026 4032 4032
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 238 238 353 474 628 776 925 908 776 605 362 249 6533
50 S 238 476 829 1303 1931 2708 3632 4541 5317 5922 6284 6533 6533
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 Oct 31, 2012
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