MERCURY DESERT ROCK AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262251) DESERT ROCK WSMO
From Year=1984 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 158 224 427 610 923 1171 1408 1359 1070 735 333 133 8551
40 S 158 382 809 1419 2342 3513 4921 6280 7350 8084 8418 8551 8551
45 M 61 116 282 462 768 1021 1253 1204 920 580 203 47 6917
45 S 61 177 459 921 1689 2709 3962 5166 6086 6666 6869 6917 6917
50 M 14 45 158 320 613 871 1098 1049 770 429 101 9 5476
50 S 14 59 217 537 1150 2021 3119 4167 4938 5366 5467 5476 5476
55 M 1 11 69 195 461 721 943 894 620 286 38 1 4240
55 S 1 12 81 276 738 1458 2401 3295 3915 4201 4239 4240 4240
60 M 0 2 21 97 318 572 788 739 471 163 9 0 3180
60 S 0 2 23 120 438 1010 1797 2536 3007 3170 3180 3180 3180
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 106 137 266 377 587 739 881 860 687 457 206 89 5392
50 S 106 243 509 886 1473 2212 3093 3952 4640 5097 5303 5392 5392
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