LA SAL 1SW, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424947) LA SAL 1 SW
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 1 5 63 188 421 708 946 895 612 292 48 1 4179
40 S 1 6 68 256 677 1385 2331 3226 3838 4129 4178 4179 4179
45 M 0 0 20 93 280 558 791 740 463 168 14 0 3128
45 S 0 0 20 113 393 951 1742 2482 2945 3113 3128 3128 3128
50 M 0 0 4 34 159 410 636 585 321 76 2 0 2226
50 S 0 0 4 38 197 607 1243 1828 2149 2225 2226 2226 2226
55 M 0 0 0 7 68 269 481 430 190 23 0 0 1470
55 S 0 0 0 8 76 345 826 1256 1446 1470 1470 1470 1470
60 M 0 0 0 1 17 146 328 277 84 3 0 0 856
60 S 0 0 0 1 18 164 492 769 854 856 856 856 856
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 7 59 149 290 461 606 575 394 214 49 3 2808
50 S 1 8 68 216 506 967 1574 2148 2543 2756 2805 2808 2808
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