ELBERTA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422418) ELBERTA
From Year=1928 To Year=1992
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	24	102	286	542	808	1088	1029	715	369	77	14	5062
40 S	8	32	133	420	961	1769	2857	3886	4601	4971	5047	5062	5062
45 M	1	6	41	168	393	658	933	874	566	236	29	4	3908
45 S	1	7	48	216	609	1266	2200	3074	3640	3875	3904	3908	3908
50 M	0	1	12	82	256	509	778	719	420	128	8	1	2913
50 S	0	1	13	95	351	860	1638	2357	2777	2905	2912	2913	2913
55 M	0	0	2	31	142	364	623	565	281	54	1	0	2064
55 S	0	0	2	33	175	540	1163	1728	2009	2063	2064	2064	2064
60 M	0	0	0	9	62	233	468	411	159	14	0	0	1356
60 S	0	0	0	9	71	304	772	1183	1342	1356	1356	1356	1356

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	6	22	94	220	371	513	673	650	478	277	72	11	3387
50 S	6	28	122	342	713	1226	1900	2550	3027	3304	3376	3387	3387

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