CALICO BASIN, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264600) LITTLE RED ROCK
From Year=1965 To Year=1970
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 135 201 353 498 900 1097 1378 1353 1046 757 387 132 8238
40 S 135 336 689 1188 2087 3184 4562 5914 6961 7718 8105 8238 8238
45 M 49 97 219 356 745 947 1223 1198 896 602 248 54 6635
45 S 49 146 366 722 1466 2413 3636 4833 5730 6332 6580 6635 6635
50 M 6 33 112 232 590 797 1068 1043 746 447 135 12 5221
50 S 6 39 152 383 973 1769 2837 3880 4626 5074 5209 5221 5221
55 M 0 9 45 134 439 647 913 888 597 298 51 0 4020
55 S 0 9 54 187 626 1273 2186 3073 3670 3968 4019 4020 4020
60 M 0 0 12 62 301 498 758 733 450 167 9 0 2989
60 S 0 0 12 74 375 873 1631 2363 2813 2980 2989 2989 2989
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 68 101 199 294 586 724 912 899 709 464 195 62 5213
50 S 68 169 368 663 1248 1973 2885 3784 4492 4957 5151 5213 5213
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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