AMARGOSA FARMS GAREY, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(260150) AMARGOSA FARMS GAREY
From Year=1965 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	207	284	470	662	980	1208	1442	1400	1126	804	388	183	9155
40 S	207	491	961	1624	2604	3812	5254	6654	7780	8584	8972	9155	9155
45 M	94	161	319	512	825	1058	1287	1245	976	649	249	79	7455
45 S	94	255	575	1087	1913	2970	4258	5502	6478	7127	7376	7455	7455
50 M	28	73	183	366	671	908	1132	1090	826	495	134	20	5925
50 S	28	101	284	650	1321	2228	3361	4450	5276	5772	5905	5925	5925
55 M	4	24	83	232	517	758	977	935	676	347	58	2	4611
55 S	4	27	110	342	859	1616	2594	3528	4204	4552	4609	4611	4611
60 M	0	5	26	122	367	608	822	780	526	213	17	0	3486
60 S	0	5	31	153	520	1128	1950	2730	3256	3469	3486	3486	3486

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	171	209	325	434	608	728	857	837	684	514	284	162	5813
50 S	171	380	705	1138	1746	2474	3332	4169	4852	5366	5651	5813	5813

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