SCIPIO, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427714) SCIPIO
From Year=1895 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 6 15 76 221 459 711 981 918 608 290 56 7 4346
40 S 6 20 96 317 776 1487 2467 3385 3993 4283 4339 4346 4346
45 M 1 3 26 116 314 561 826 763 460 167 18 1 3254
45 S 1 3 29 145 459 1021 1846 2609 3069 3235 3253 3254 3254
50 M 0 0 6 49 187 414 671 608 318 76 4 0 2333
50 S 0 0 6 56 243 657 1328 1935 2253 2329 2333 2333 2333
55 M 0 0 1 16 91 276 516 453 188 26 0 0 1567
55 S 0 0 1 17 108 384 900 1353 1541 1566 1567 1567 1567
60 M 0 0 0 4 33 157 362 300 86 6 0 0 947
60 S 0 0 0 4 37 193 556 855 941 947 947 947 947
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 8 20 90 201 349 486 627 599 445 268 83 13 3188
50 S 8 28 118 318 667 1153 1780 2379 2824 3092 3176 3188 3188
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