JACKPOT, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264016) JACKPOT
From Year=1986 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	3	11	61	173	361	615	894	846	541	236	40	4	3786
40 S	3	15	76	248	610	1225	2119	2965	3507	3742	3782	3786	3786
45 M	1	1	18	87	234	467	739	691	395	130	10	0	2774
45 S	1	2	19	107	340	807	1547	2238	2634	2763	2774	2774	2774
50 M	0	0	2	36	134	327	584	537	261	61	1	0	1945
50 S	0	0	2	38	173	500	1084	1622	1882	1943	1944	1945	1945
55 M	0	0	0	12	63	203	431	386	146	22	0	0	1263
55 S	0	0	0	12	75	279	710	1096	1241	1263	1263	1263	1263
60 M	0	0	0	2	20	106	285	242	64	4	0	0	723
60 S	0	0	0	2	22	128	414	655	719	723	723	723	723

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	5	14	59	136	248	396	566	545	386	204	44	4	2606
50 S	5	19	77	214	462	857	1423	1968	2355	2558	2602	2606	2606

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