LATHROP WELLS 16 SSE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264473) LATHROP WELLS 16 SSE
From Year=1970 To Year=1977
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 130 280 446 621 874 1143 1362 1300 1059 713 339 131 8398
40 S 130 410 856 1477 2351 3494 4856 6155 7214 7928 8267 8398 8398
45 M 49 152 297 471 719 993 1207 1145 909 559 199 50 6749
45 S 49 200 498 968 1688 2680 3887 5032 5941 6500 6699 6749 6749
50 M 14 60 168 321 565 843 1052 990 759 407 90 14 5281
50 S 14 74 242 562 1127 1970 3021 4011 4770 5178 5268 5281 5281
55 M 3 15 80 180 412 693 897 835 609 265 28 2 4019
55 S 3 19 99 278 690 1383 2280 3115 3724 3989 4017 4019 4019
60 M 0 3 29 71 270 543 742 680 460 146 4 0 2948
60 S 0 3 32 103 373 916 1658 2338 2798 2944 2948 2948 2948
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 168 274 357 438 550 679 803 775 637 475 284 145 5585
50 S 168 442 798 1236 1786 2465 3268 4044 4680 5155 5440 5585 5585
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

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