SALMON KSRA, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(108080) SALMON KSRA
From Year=1967 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 1 4 63 212 450 665 917 854 539 208 20 1 3934
40 S 1 4 67 279 729 1395 2312 3166 3705 3913 3932 3934 3934
45 M 0 0 17 110 303 516 762 699 392 104 4 0 2906
45 S 0 0 17 127 430 945 1708 2406 2798 2902 2906 2906 2906
50 M 0 0 2 44 176 368 607 544 253 40 1 0 2036
50 S 0 0 2 47 223 591 1198 1742 1995 2036 2036 2036 2036
55 M 0 0 0 13 83 232 453 390 136 10 0 0 1318
55 S 0 0 0 13 97 329 782 1172 1307 1317 1318 1318 1318
60 M 0 0 0 2 29 121 302 243 53 1 0 0 751
60 S 0 0 0 2 31 152 454 697 750 751 751 751 751
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 4 62 167 303 418 565 537 378 170 14 1 2620
50 S 0 5 67 234 537 955 1521 2057 2435 2605 2619 2620 2620
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