OAK CREEK CANYON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(026037) OAK CREEK CANYON
From Year=1982 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 94 124 256 417 676 892 1068 1028 828 552 245 89 6271
40 S 94 218 474 892 1568 2460 3528 4556 5384 5937 6182 6271 6271
45 M 30 48 137 279 522 742 913 873 678 401 132 25 4781
45 S 30 77 214 494 1016 1758 2671 3544 4222 4623 4755 4781 4781
50 M 3 9 54 157 371 592 758 718 528 259 52 3 3504
50 S 3 13 66 224 594 1186 1945 2662 3190 3449 3501 3504 3504
55 M 0 1 12 65 229 443 603 563 379 135 14 0 2444
55 S 0 1 13 79 307 750 1353 1916 2295 2430 2444 2444 2444
60 M 0 0 2 16 111 296 448 408 234 49 2 0 1565
60 S 0 0 2 18 129 425 873 1281 1514 1563 1565 1565 1565
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 77 96 192 284 433 566 696 676 528 347 166 72 4133
50 S 77 173 365 648 1082 1648 2344 3020 3548 3896 4062 4133 4133
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