SALOME 6 SE, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(027460) SALOME 6 SE
From Year=1907 To Year=1957
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 271 342 528 722 978 1228 1490 1441 1213 884 516 313 9928
40 S 271 613 1142 1864 2842 4070 5560 7001 8214 9099 9615 9928 9928
45 M 141 211 375 573 823 1078 1335 1286 1063 729 368 175 8158
45 S 141 353 728 1300 2123 3201 4536 5822 6885 7615 7983 8158 8158
50 M 52 102 231 425 668 928 1180 1131 913 574 228 73 6506
50 S 52 154 385 809 1477 2405 3586 4716 5630 6204 6432 6506 6506
55 M 11 35 115 283 514 778 1025 976 763 421 112 18 5050
55 S 11 45 160 443 957 1734 2760 3736 4499 4920 5032 5050 5050
60 M 1 7 41 159 363 628 870 821 613 276 39 2 3819
60 S 1 8 48 207 570 1197 2068 2889 3502 3778 3817 3819 3819
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 217 251 367 468 596 713 899 883 738 560 374 243 6308
50 S 217 467 834 1302 1898 2611 3510 4393 5131 5691 6065 6308 6308
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