ELECTRIC LAKE U P & L, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422424) ELECTRIC LAKE U P & L
From Year=1980 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 0 1 11 123 325 528 475 233 51 1 0 1747
40 S 0 0 1 11 134 459 987 1462 1695 1746 1747 1747 1747
45 M 0 0 0 2 45 194 373 321 115 12 0 0 1062
45 S 0 0 0 2 47 241 614 935 1050 1062 1062 1062 1062
50 M 0 0 0 0 9 85 222 172 39 1 0 0 527
50 S 0 0 0 0 9 94 316 488 526 527 527 527 527
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 20 87 55 7 0 0 0 171
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 21 108 164 171 171 171 171 171
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 7 1 0 0 0 25
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 25 25 25 25 25 25
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 3 23 109 240 358 320 179 64 3 0 1298
50 S 0 0 4 27 135 375 733 1053 1231 1295 1298 1298 1298
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