BENSON, ARIZONA

Monthly Total Growing Degree Days

(020680)

Base Temperature = 40 F

File last updated on Apr 3, 2013
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 197505
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
Months with 5 missing days or less use mean for missing day(s)
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.
YEAR(S JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
1894 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 1115.00 1341.00 1215.00 988.45 a 771.00 340.50 g 0.00 z 5430.45
1895 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1896 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1897 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1898 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1899 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1900 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1901 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1902 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
1903 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 671.50 898.50 1130.50 1293.50 1262.00 1037.50 739.00 577.00 390.50 8000.00
1904 149.50 g 389.50 571.00 624.00 0.00 z 1164.00 1278.00 1222.00 514.50 n 658.00 f 425.00 211.83 a 5885.33
1905 266.00 290.50 454.00 590.00 0.00 z 987.50 1145.00 1126.00 913.50 664.50 393.50 137.00 6967.50
1906 200.00 326.00 486.00 654.00 860.50 1133.00 1267.00 1039.50 1014.50 718.00 421.00 291.00 8410.50
1907 250.50 377.50 538.00 684.50 777.50 1044.00 1284.00 1183.50 1039.00 757.50 340.00 213.00 8489.00
1908 252.50 279.00 506.00 655.00 800.50 1079.00 1235.00 1185.50 999.50 663.50 402.50 266.00 8324.00
1909 372.50 236.50 344.00 629.50 822.00 1145.50 1309.50 1189.50 989.00 757.50 433.50 178.50 8407.50
1910 285.95 b 258.50 622.00 705.00 1010.00 1200.00 1307.50 1295.00 1091.00 717.50 432.00 283.50 9207.95
1911 384.50 249.50 590.50 659.50 873.50 1076.50 1158.50 1232.00 1038.00 758.50 315.00 69.50 8405.50
1912 215.00 244.50 382.00 457.50 805.00 1106.00 1100.50 1133.50 938.50 632.50 352.50 97.00 7464.50
1913 121.50 178.50 328.50 577.00 841.00 1041.50 1220.00 1151.50 941.50 736.50 497.00 48.50 7683.00
1914 0.00 z 281.04 a 505.30 a 686.50 914.00 1165.50 1278.50 1299.00 1062.50 755.50 522.41 a 188.50 8658.75
1915 199.50 257.50 369.50 560.00 741.00 1091.50 1278.00 1268.00 1010.50 770.00 417.00 214.50 8177.00
1916 310.50 435.50 577.00 676.00 884.50 1145.50 1246.00 1180.50 1011.00 715.00 372.50 191.00 8745.00
1917 155.50 204.00 328.00 528.50 747.50 1155.00 1330.62 e 1287.00 1054.00 797.00 470.69 a 339.50 8397.30
1918 151.50 356.00 505.00 605.50 764.50 1206.50 1219.00 1196.50 1085.00 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 7089.50
1919 172.00 188.46 b 405.07 a 686.50 901.50 1152.00 1198.50 1234.50 1012.50 713.50 335.00 f 288.00 7952.53
1920 246.00 0.00 z 440.00 475.00 867.00 1040.50 1266.00 1140.00 965.00 548.50 328.50 88.00 7404.50
1921 236.00 312.50 533.00 519.00 742.00 745.50 f 994.00 929.50 810.00 546.50 265.00 131.50 6019.00
1922 96.50 231.00 285.00 494.00 831.50 1097.00 1188.00 1135.00 970.50 695.00 188.50 214.50 7426.50
1923 239.50 169.00 299.50 559.50 862.50 1015.50 1106.00 1000.00 874.50 580.00 273.50 137.50 7117.00
1924 58.50 301.50 300.00 570.50 905.00 1213.00 1267.00 1218.50 1058.00 746.50 434.00 152.00 8224.50
1925 145.50 282.50 463.00 560.00 1046.00 996.50 1288.00 1187.00 950.00 689.00 302.00 103.00 8012.50
1926 110.50 403.00 366.50 508.00 792.50 1046.50 1203.00 1214.00 1067.50 990.50 510.50 302.00 8514.50
1927 364.50 376.00 417.50 623.50 922.50 690.00 j 1364.50 1197.00 1019.00 740.50 0.00 z 96.50 j 7025.00
1928 235.00 268.00 536.00 629.50 965.50 1152.00 1283.50 1164.50 1034.50 814.50 365.00 190.00 8638.00
1929 167.00 180.00 387.00 598.00 926.00 1169.00 1266.00 1179.50 1038.00 770.50 310.50 275.00 8266.50
1930 221.00 390.50 441.50 742.00 799.00 1163.50 1253.00 1244.50 1022.00 738.50 383.50 166.00 8565.00
1931 155.00 294.50 474.50 679.00 862.00 1064.50 1339.50 764.00 k 1055.50 860.00 350.50 235.50 7370.50
1932 162.50 0.00 z 922.00 0.00 z 988.00 1134.50 1324.00 1301.00 1096.00 788.50 497.50 173.50 8387.50
1933 142.50 168.50 464.50 518.00 802.00 1243.00 1453.00 1394.00 1173.00 861.00 532.00 0.00 z 8751.50
1934 253.50 0.00 z 652.50 810.50 1081.50 1124.50 1357.50 1207.00 1040.00 822.00 450.50 295.00 9094.50
1935 304.00 311.50 452.00 642.00 772.00 1163.50 1300.50 1189.50 969.50 788.00 359.50 233.50 8485.50
1936 196.00 271.00 461.50 709.00 996.50 1234.50 1335.50 1247.00 972.00 750.50 361.00 197.50 8732.00
1937 59.50 0.00 z 0.00 z 598.50 0.00 z 1143.50 1309.00 1160.50 902.00 650.50 495.50 293.00 6612.00
1938 300.00 325.50 518.50 949.00 938.00 1174.00 1230.50 1185.50 1022.00 773.50 267.00 230.50 8914.00
1939 134.50 59.50 442.00 674.00 925.00 1154.00 1258.50 1211.50 1019.50 640.50 409.50 304.50 8233.00
1940 219.00 237.50 505.00 642.00 956.00 1150.50 1299.00 1182.50 1047.50 760.00 324.50 324.50 8648.00
1941 219.58 a 349.50 430.00 481.50 891.50 1090.50 1298.50 1210.50 1015.50 694.50 413.50 236.00 8331.08
1942 234.00 180.50 344.50 584.00 867.00 1131.00 1382.00 1243.00 1073.00 748.50 491.50 261.50 8540.50
1943 248.00 364.50 508.50 771.00 964.50 1148.00 1306.50 1238.50 1079.50 747.00 423.50 204.50 9004.00
1944 118.50 195.50 378.00 547.00 918.50 1109.50 1291.50 1282.00 1030.50 794.50 324.50 191.50 8181.50
1945 189.50 252.50 330.50 0.00 z 344.50 s 1014.00 1317.00 1260.00 1050.50 784.50 391.50 0.00 z 6590.00
1946 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 382.50 q 881.00 1165.50 1243.50 1206.50 1068.00 645.00 257.22 c 218.00 6684.72
1947 106.00 316.00 430.50 612.00 960.00 1098.00 1290.50 1207.50 1069.00 764.00 263.50 90.00 8207.00
1948 176.00 230.88 c 302.77 a 677.00 899.50 1134.50 1289.50 1216.50 1050.50 725.00 215.00 207.50 8124.65
1949 98.00 168.50 135.00 q 604.00 807.50 724.00 i 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 1678.00
1950 0.00 z 0.00 z 363.00 h 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 810.00 j 0.00 z 974.48 a 855.00 525.00 0.00 z 2354.48
1951 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 161.50 v 0.00 z 576.00 n 1297.50 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 1297.50
1952 0.00 z 0.00 z 133.00 r 615.00 930.50 1131.92 d 1265.63 e 1244.28 b 1066.03 a 849.50 301.00 134.50 7538.37
1953 250.14 b 183.00 453.50 603.00 712.00 1160.00 1275.50 1244.00 1058.00 683.79 e 460.34 a 115.45 b 8198.72
1954 253.00 364.50 451.64 b 768.62 a 917.94 d 1115.50 1286.00 1129.00 1097.00 858.50 445.86 a 262.47 a 8950.03
1955 103.33 a 167.00 164.50 u 556.80 e 846.30 a 1085.17 a 1224.00 1169.00 1003.00 811.00 394.50 293.50 7653.61
1956 307.00 159.00 461.50 599.00 933.00 1232.00 1228.00 1146.50 1087.00 742.00 302.50 177.00 8374.50
1957 284.00 454.50 455.50 586.50 775.50 1164.50 1297.00 1200.50 1010.50 705.00 268.50 264.53 a 8466.53
1958 158.00 317.00 310.50 609.50 1058.50 1230.50 1277.00 1224.50 1030.50 750.50 375.50 278.50 8620.50
1959 281.50 227.50 435.00 690.50 781.50 1197.00 1286.50 1158.00 1046.50 742.50 373.50 234.00 8454.00
1960 131.00 127.50 543.00 653.50 882.50 1192.00 1283.50 1238.00 1051.00 683.50 436.50 169.50 8391.50
1961 209.00 214.85 b 441.50 667.00 906.00 1217.50 1298.00 1198.50 972.50 700.50 323.50 224.50 8373.35
1962 179.50 315.50 298.50 736.50 863.50 1073.00 1258.50 1299.00 1082.50 805.00 507.00 290.00 8708.50
1963 187.00 346.50 427.50 613.50 973.00 1050.50 1294.50 1138.00 1040.00 796.50 420.00 200.00 8487.00
1964 123.50 108.50 322.00 553.00 890.50 1106.00 1276.50 1167.50 947.00 786.50 320.50 225.50 7827.00
1965 271.50 223.00 357.00 631.00 813.50 996.50 1259.00 1216.00 958.00 750.00 494.50 218.50 8188.50
1966 104.50 115.50 481.00 661.00 977.00 1148.50 1300.50 1202.50 1001.00 715.00 488.00 212.50 8407.00
1967 188.50 286.00 539.50 594.50 848.50 1101.50 1246.50 1181.00 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 5986.00
1968 139.00 m 439.00 430.38 a 553.00 839.67 b 0.00 z 981.00 f 0.00 z 745.50 g 765.04 c 333.60 e 37.50 q 3360.69
1969 286.75 e 167.00 h 224.50 i 0.00 z 0.00 z 803.50 g 1367.88 c 1458.00 1228.45 a 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 4341.07
1970 214.50 g 326.50 357.00 501.00 935.50 1150.86 a 1307.50 1182.00 956.00 604.50 413.50 232.50 7966.86
1971 259.50 217.50 463.50 557.50 776.50 1082.50 1336.00 1136.00 1023.50 657.00 365.00 152.50 8027.00
1972 165.50 267.50 599.50 610.50 0.00 z 882.50 f 1305.50 1197.00 1001.50 741.00 254.00 171.50 6313.50
1973 138.00 262.50 304.00 514.50 677.50 h 1115.00 1266.50 1257.50 1046.50 773.00 399.50 213.00 7290.00
1974 230.00 206.00 528.00 636.00 952.50 1283.50 1230.00 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 5066.00
1975 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN 204.52 266.47 448.54 620.29 879.77 1128.36 1272.32 1203.58 1021.63 740.91 386.92 212.03 8348.89
S.D. 75.05 86.43 108.15 85.04 82.53 63.94 67.00 75.28 63.49 75.76 86.19 70.39 404.50
SKEW 0.23 0.06 1.28 0.87 0.17 -0.15 -1.23 -0.26 -0.21 -0.05 -0.05 -0.10 -0.82
MAX 384.50 454.50 922.00 949.00 1081.50 1283.50 1453.00 1458.00 1228.45 990.50 577.00 390.50 9207.95
MIN 58.50 59.50 285.00 457.50 712.00 987.50 994.00 929.50 810.00 546.50 188.50 48.50 7117.00
NO YRS 63 62 63 66 63 65 70 67 67 66 64 61 44