PINETOP, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(026601) PINETOP FISH HATCHERY
From Year=1943 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 15 23 118 250 489 729 889 823 639 353 97 21 4445
40 S 15 38 155 405 894 1623 2512 3336 3974 4327 4424 4445 4445
45 M 1 4 44 133 341 579 734 668 489 214 36 3 3244
45 S 1 4 48 181 522 1101 1835 2503 2992 3205 3241 3244 3244
50 M 0 0 9 50 204 429 579 513 339 104 9 0 2238
50 S 0 0 10 60 264 693 1272 1785 2125 2228 2237 2238 2238
55 M 0 0 1 10 92 281 424 358 197 32 1 0 1396
55 S 0 0 1 11 103 384 807 1166 1362 1395 1396 1396 1396
60 M 0 0 0 1 25 145 269 204 76 6 0 0 726
60 S 0 0 0 1 26 171 440 644 720 726 726 726 726
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 33 112 198 356 489 565 520 411 252 100 31 3096
50 S 29 62 174 372 728 1217 1782 2302 2713 2965 3066 3096 3096
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