DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422173) DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA
From Year=1958 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 0 4 84 284 587 843 1088 1015 687 314 36 0 4942
40 S 0 4 88 372 959 1802 2889 3904 4591 4905 4941 4942 4942
45 M 0 0 27 162 434 693 933 860 538 183 8 0 3837
45 S 0 0 27 189 623 1316 2249 3109 3647 3830 3837 3837 3837
50 M 0 0 5 73 288 543 778 705 392 84 1 0 2868
50 S 0 0 5 78 366 909 1687 2392 2784 2868 2868 2868 2868
55 M 0 0 0 24 163 395 623 550 253 25 0 0 2033
55 S 0 0 0 24 186 581 1204 1754 2007 2033 2033 2033 2033
60 M 0 0 0 5 69 253 468 396 132 4 0 0 1327
60 S 0 0 0 5 74 327 795 1190 1322 1327 1327 1327 1327
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 12 99 235 406 526 643 615 470 271 52 2 3331
50 S 1 13 112 347 753 1278 1921 2536 3006 3277 3329 3331 3331
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