HITE RANGER STATION, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(423980) HITE RANGER STN
From Year=1978 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	53	99	320	572	930	1217	1455	1372	1053	665	257	45	8036
40 S	53	152	472	1044	1973	3190	4645	6016	7069	7734	7991	8036	8036
45 M	12	33	188	425	775	1067	1300	1217	903	512	143	7	6580
45 S	12	45	232	657	1432	2499	3798	5015	5918	6430	6573	6580	6580
50 M	2	6	90	287	620	917	1145	1062	753	365	64	0	5310
50 S	2	7	98	385	1005	1921	3066	4128	4881	5246	5310	5310	5310
55 M	0	1	33	169	469	767	990	907	603	230	20	0	4188
55 S	0	1	34	203	672	1439	2429	3336	3939	4169	4188	4188	4188
60 M	0	0	8	81	326	617	835	752	456	119	3	0	3197
60 S	0	0	8	89	415	1032	1867	2619	3074	3194	3197	3197	3197

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	29	57	185	342	601	793	935	901	699	392	132	21	5087
50 S	29	86	271	613	1214	2007	2942	3843	4542	4934	5066	5087	5087

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