SUNRISE MNR LAS VGAS, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(267925) SUNRISE MANOR LAS VEGAS
From Year=1961 To Year=1989
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	159	287	478	699	1004	1242	1474	1418	1117	793	383	151	9206
40 S	159	447	925	1624	2628	3870	5344	6762	7879	8672	9055	9206	9206
45 M	65	164	328	549	849	1092	1319	1263	967	638	242	56	7532
45 S	65	229	557	1106	1955	3047	4366	5629	6596	7234	7476	7532	7532
50 M	16	72	191	400	694	942	1164	1108	817	484	125	12	6025
50 S	16	88	279	679	1373	2315	3479	4587	5404	5888	6013	6025	6025
55 M	3	21	88	259	539	792	1009	953	667	334	48	2	4714
55 S	3	23	112	371	910	1702	2711	3664	4331	4664	4713	4714	4714
60 M	0	4	31	143	387	642	854	798	517	196	11	0	3583
60 S	0	4	35	178	565	1207	2061	2859	3376	3573	3583	3583	3583

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	167	242	348	462	606	707	829	815	651	517	306	170	5820
50 S	167	409	757	1219	1825	2531	3361	4175	4827	5344	5650	5820	5820

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