LA VERKIN, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424968) LA VERKIN
From Year=1950 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 78 171 357 546 832 1083 1307 1259 986 660 260 73 7612
40 S 78 248 605 1152 1984 3067 4374 5633 6619 7279 7538 7612 7612
45 M 21 78 220 399 677 933 1152 1104 836 507 142 19 6087
45 S 21 98 319 718 1395 2328 3480 4584 5420 5927 6068 6087 6087
50 M 3 25 113 261 524 783 997 949 686 358 59 2 4760
50 S 3 27 140 402 925 1709 2706 3655 4341 4698 4757 4760 4760
55 M 0 5 44 145 376 633 842 794 536 221 16 0 3613
55 S 0 5 49 194 570 1203 2045 2839 3376 3597 3613 3613 3613
60 M 0 1 12 64 240 484 687 639 388 110 2 0 2627
60 S 0 1 12 76 316 799 1486 2126 2514 2624 2627 2627 2627
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 79 134 249 365 532 659 794 779 623 437 202 80 4933
50 S 79 213 463 828 1359 2018 2812 3591 4215 4652 4854 4933 4933
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