SARCOBATUS, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(267319) SARCOBATUS
From Year=1941 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	37	86	195	457	716	949	1200	1104	874	543	194	52	6407
40 S	37	123	318	774	1491	2440	3639	4744	5618	6161	6355	6407	6407
45 M	7	29	87	315	561	799	1045	949	724	392	93	11	5012
45 S	7	36	123	438	999	1798	2842	3792	4516	4908	5001	5012	5012
50 M	0	6	25	188	408	649	890	794	574	250	31	1	3815
50 S	0	6	31	218	627	1276	2165	2960	3534	3783	3814	3815	3815
55 M	0	0	3	90	267	499	735	639	425	127	6	0	2793
55 S	0	0	3	94	361	860	1595	2234	2659	2787	2793	2793	2793
60 M	0	0	0	29	148	353	580	484	279	45	0	0	1919
60 S	0	0	0	29	177	530	1110	1594	1873	1919	1919	1919	1919

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	67	109	208	343	479	580	706	653	549	416	206	92	4408
50 S	67	176	384	727	1207	1787	2493	3146	3694	4110	4316	4408	4408

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