GROUSE CREEK, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(423486) GROUSE CREEK
From Year=1959 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	5	37	141	378	603	899	837	539	232	27	0	3698
40 S	0	5	42	183	560	1164	2063	2900	3438	3670	3697	3698	3698
45 M	0	0	9	66	244	455	744	682	395	123	6	0	2724
45 S	0	0	9	75	319	774	1519	2200	2596	2719	2724	2724	2724
50 M	0	0	1	24	137	315	589	527	260	48	1	0	1903
50 S	0	0	1	25	163	478	1067	1594	1855	1903	1903	1903	1903
55 M	0	0	0	6	62	191	436	376	145	14	0	0	1229
55 S	0	0	0	6	68	259	694	1070	1215	1229	1229	1229	1229
60 M	0	0	0	0	18	94	287	232	60	2	0	0	694
60 S	0	0	0	0	19	113	399	631	691	694	694	694	694

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	1	7	46	131	275	397	568	543	390	221	40	2	2620
50 S	1	9	54	185	460	857	1425	1968	2358	2578	2619	2620	2620

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