VYA, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(268810) VYA
From Year=1959 To Year=1980
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 8 30 81 294 519 793 740 460 213 31 6 3180
40 S 6 13 44 124 418 937 1730 2470 2930 3143 3174 3180 3180
45 M 1 1 7 32 174 376 638 585 320 113 6 0 2253
45 S 1 2 9 41 214 590 1228 1813 2133 2247 2253 2253 2253
50 M 0 0 1 9 81 246 484 433 193 42 1 0 1489
50 S 0 0 1 10 91 337 820 1253 1446 1489 1489 1489 1489
55 M 0 0 0 1 28 138 332 290 91 9 0 0 889
55 S 0 0 0 1 29 167 499 789 880 889 889 889 889
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 59 193 162 26 1 0 0 446
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 64 257 419 445 446 446 446 446
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 10 29 77 221 344 519 497 356 206 45 8 2318
50 S 7 16 45 122 344 688 1207 1704 2060 2266 2310 2318 2318
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