CEDAR CITY FAA AIRPORT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421267) CEDAR CITY FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 13 33 101 248 516 794 1050 991 703 370 89 16 4924
40 S 13 46 147 395 911 1705 2755 3746 4450 4819 4908 4924 4924
45 M 1 7 37 138 368 644 895 836 554 237 31 3 3752
45 S 1 8 45 183 552 1196 2091 2927 3481 3718 3749 3752 3752
50 M 0 0 9 61 234 495 740 681 407 127 6 0 2761
50 S 0 0 9 70 304 799 1539 2220 2628 2754 2760 2761 2761
55 M 0 0 1 18 124 351 585 526 268 50 0 0 1922
55 S 0 0 1 18 143 493 1078 1604 1872 1922 1922 1922 1922
60 M 0 0 0 3 46 218 430 372 145 11 0 0 1225
60 S 0 0 0 3 49 267 697 1069 1214 1225 1225 1225 1225
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 17 35 96 191 347 510 668 638 464 276 89 22 3354
50 S 17 52 148 339 686 1197 1865 2503 2967 3243 3332 3354 3354
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 Jul 28, 2006
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