GENEVA STEEL 2, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(423183) GENEVA STEEL 2
From Year=1960 To Year=1982
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 28 121 293 597 864 1164 1076 767 416 105 13 5449
40 S 6 34 155 448 1045 1909 3073 4149 4916 5331 5437 5449 5449
45 M 0 5 52 175 446 714 1009 921 618 277 41 2 4261
45 S 0 6 57 233 679 1393 2402 3323 3941 4218 4258 4261 4261
50 M 0 0 18 89 305 565 854 766 471 161 10 0 3240
50 S 0 0 18 107 413 977 1832 2597 3068 3229 3240 3240 3240
55 M 0 0 3 35 183 417 699 611 331 78 1 0 2358
55 S 0 0 3 38 222 639 1338 1949 2280 2357 2358 2358 2358
60 M 0 0 0 11 88 281 544 458 201 25 0 0 1609
60 S 0 0 0 11 100 380 925 1383 1584 1609 1609 1609 1609
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 22 84 188 374 545 742 691 495 268 68 6 3484
50 S 3 24 109 297 671 1216 1958 2648 3143 3411 3478 3484 3484
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