LOA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(425148) LOA
From Year=1893 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 3 21 113 323 559 776 705 450 168 17 1 3136
40 S 1 3 24 137 460 1019 1794 2500 2949 3118 3135 3136 3136
45 M 0 0 3 41 190 410 621 550 305 71 3 0 2194
45 S 0 0 4 45 235 645 1266 1816 2121 2191 2194 2194 2194
50 M 0 0 0 9 86 268 466 395 170 17 0 0 1412
50 S 0 0 0 9 95 363 829 1224 1394 1412 1412 1412 1412
55 M 0 0 0 1 23 144 312 242 65 2 0 0 789
55 S 0 0 0 1 24 168 480 722 788 789 789 789 789
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 54 162 104 13 0 0 0 336
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 57 219 323 336 336 336 336 336
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 14 48 141 276 411 516 476 356 204 57 10 2515
50 S 6 20 67 209 485 896 1412 1888 2243 2448 2505 2515 2515
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