COCHISE STRONGHOLD, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(021874) COCHISE STRONGHOLD
From Year=1925 To Year=1948
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 123 208 358 556 814 1056 1156 1072 933 681 296 148 7401
40 S 123 331 689 1245 2059 3115 4271 5343 6276 6958 7253 7401 7401
45 M 41 100 215 408 659 906 1001 917 783 527 168 56 5781
45 S 41 140 355 764 1423 2329 3330 4247 5030 5557 5725 5781 5781
50 M 8 35 100 267 507 756 846 762 633 374 72 12 4372
50 S 8 43 143 410 916 1672 2518 3280 3913 4288 4360 4372 4372
55 M 1 6 32 146 359 606 691 607 483 229 17 1 3179
55 S 1 7 39 185 545 1150 1841 2448 2932 3161 3178 3179 3179
60 M 1 0 6 57 222 456 536 452 334 107 1 0 2171
60 S 1 1 7 64 286 742 1278 1730 2063 2170 2171 2171 2171
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 127 166 271 377 528 657 740 699 605 453 240 134 4997
50 S 127 293 564 941 1469 2126 2867 3565 4170 4623 4863 4997 4997
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