KANAB, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424508) KANAB
From Year=1899 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 26 66 177 360 632 872 1103 1047 813 495 167 35 5792
40 S 26 91 269 629 1261 2132 3235 4282 5096 5590 5757 5792 5792
45 M 4 18 80 228 479 722 948 892 663 346 75 6 4461
45 S 4 22 102 330 809 1530 2478 3370 4034 4380 4455 4461 4461
50 M 0 3 25 118 332 572 793 737 514 211 23 0 3328
50 S 0 3 28 146 477 1049 1842 2579 3093 3304 3327 3328 3328
55 M 0 0 4 45 198 423 638 582 366 102 4 0 2362
55 S 0 0 4 49 247 670 1308 1891 2256 2358 2362 2362 2362
60 M 0 0 0 11 91 280 483 428 224 34 0 0 1551
60 S 0 0 0 11 102 382 865 1293 1517 1551 1551 1551 1551
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 36 68 156 271 428 550 684 663 523 345 145 45 3915
50 S 36 104 261 531 959 1509 2193 2856 3380 3725 3870 3915 3915
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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