GREAT BASIN NATL PARK, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(263340) GREAT BASIN NATL PARK
From Year=1948 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 13 19 66 177 420 696 977 915 624 315 73 14 4310
40 S 13 32 98 276 695 1391 2369 3284 3908 4223 4295 4310 4310
45 M 2 4 23 91 284 547 822 760 477 193 26 2 3232
45 S 2 6 28 120 403 950 1773 2533 3010 3204 3230 3232 3232
50 M 0 0 5 38 170 403 667 605 337 99 6 0 2329
50 S 0 0 5 43 213 615 1283 1888 2225 2324 2329 2329 2329
55 M 0 0 0 11 84 270 513 451 210 38 0 0 1576
55 S 0 0 0 11 96 366 878 1329 1538 1576 1576 1576 1576
60 M 0 0 0 2 29 157 359 299 106 9 0 0 960
60 S 0 0 0 2 31 188 546 845 951 960 960 960 960
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 15 52 127 266 447 646 601 394 197 52 12 2820
50 S 11 26 77 205 471 918 1564 2165 2559 2756 2808 2820 2820
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