HAWTHORNE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(263512) HAWTHORNE
From Year=1954 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	38	83	255	383	663	899	1217	1152	862	525	171	58	6307
40 S	38	121	376	759	1423	2322	3539	4691	5552	6078	6249	6307	6307
45 M	9	29	140	251	510	749	1062	997	712	377	82	20	4936
45 S	9	38	177	428	938	1687	2749	3746	4457	4834	4916	4936	4936
50 M	1	6	62	140	362	600	907	842	562	240	28	4	3753
50 S	1	6	68	209	571	1171	2077	2919	3481	3721	3749	3753	3753
55 M	0	0	19	64	232	452	752	687	412	124	6	1	2749
55 S	0	0	19	83	315	767	1519	2206	2618	2743	2749	2749	2749
60 M	0	0	3	20	124	312	597	532	269	49	1	0	1908
60 S	0	0	3	23	147	459	1056	1588	1857	1907	1907	1908	1908

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	36	74	193	270	424	561	750	717	551	350	128	48	4101
50 S	36	110	302	572	997	1558	2308	3025	3576	3926	4054	4101	4101

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