COVE FORT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421792) COVE FORT
From Year=1948 To Year=1980
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	10	18	55	165	433	692	995	929	639	315	68	12	4332
40 S	10	28	84	248	682	1374	2369	3299	3937	4252	4320	4332	4332
45 M	1	3	17	82	291	543	840	774	491	191	21	2	3256
45 S	1	5	21	104	395	938	1778	2552	3043	3234	3255	3256	3256
50 M	0	0	3	33	169	394	685	619	349	95	3	0	2349
50 S	0	0	3	36	205	599	1284	1904	2252	2347	2349	2349	2349
55 M	0	0	0	8	76	255	530	464	219	33	0	0	1586
55 S	0	0	0	8	84	339	869	1334	1552	1586	1586	1586	1586
60 M	0	0	0	0	20	139	376	312	110	6	0	0	962
60 S	0	0	0	0	20	159	535	847	956	962	962	962	962

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	13	21	65	158	326	470	625	594	449	276	85	19	3099
50 S	13	33	99	257	582	1053	1677	2271	2720	2996	3081	3099	3099

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