LEONARD CREEK RCH, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264527) LEONARD CREEK RANCH
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	10	43	135	276	547	784	1061	1002	713	396	89	18	5074
40 S	10	53	188	464	1011	1795	2856	3858	4571	4967	5056	5074	5074
45 M	1	11	58	160	398	634	906	847	564	260	31	4	3874
45 S	1	12	70	231	628	1262	2168	3015	3579	3839	3870	3874	3874
50 M	0	1	19	78	262	486	751	692	418	146	7	0	2861
50 S	0	2	20	99	361	847	1598	2290	2708	2854	2861	2861	2861
55 M	0	0	4	29	152	343	597	537	281	65	1	0	2010
55 S	0	0	4	34	186	529	1126	1663	1944	2010	2010	2010	2010
60 M	0	0	0	7	73	216	443	385	162	21	0	0	1307
60 S	0	0	0	8	80	296	739	1124	1286	1307	1307	1307	1307

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	4	30	102	202	359	494	652	621	462	270	61	8	3264
50 S	4	34	136	338	697	1191	1843	2464	2925	3195	3256	3264	3264

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