DESERT NATL WL RANGE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262243) DESERT GAME RANGE
From Year=1940 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 149 224 401 612 910 1143 1379 1320 1051 726 342 144 8399
40 S 149 372 773 1385 2295 3438 4816 6136 7187 7914 8255 8399 8399
45 M 58 112 256 462 755 993 1224 1165 901 572 209 53 6760
45 S 58 170 426 888 1643 2636 3860 5025 5926 6498 6707 6760 6760
50 M 14 40 135 318 600 843 1069 1010 751 419 104 11 5315
50 S 14 55 190 508 1108 1951 3020 4030 4781 5200 5304 5315 5315
55 M 2 9 53 190 447 693 914 855 601 276 38 2 4078
55 S 2 11 64 254 701 1394 2307 3162 3763 4039 4076 4078 4078
60 M 0 1 15 91 301 543 759 700 452 151 7 0 3020
60 S 0 1 16 107 408 951 1710 2410 2861 3013 3020 3020 3020
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 130 172 282 403 573 689 824 799 649 469 245 124 5358
50 S 130 302 584 987 1559 2248 3072 3871 4520 4989 5234 5358 5358
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