PIUTE DAM, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(426897) PIUTE DAM
From Year=1948 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	5	23	53	196	469	720	989	915	658	361	79	11	4480
40 S	5	28	82	278	746	1466	2455	3370	4029	4390	4468	4480	4480
45 M	0	3	16	99	324	570	834	760	510	223	23	1	3363
45 S	0	3	19	119	442	1012	1846	2606	3116	3339	3362	3363	3363
50 M	0	0	2	38	195	421	679	605	363	111	3	0	2418
50 S	0	0	2	40	236	657	1336	1941	2305	2415	2418	2418	2418
55 M	0	0	0	10	95	280	524	450	225	35	0	0	1618
55 S	0	0	0	10	105	384	909	1359	1583	1618	1618	1618	1618
60 M	0	0	0	1	31	156	369	296	108	5	0	0	966
60 S	0	0	0	1	32	188	557	853	961	966	966	966	966

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	28	76	177	330	475	630	586	451	311	101	17	3193
50 S	9	38	114	291	621	1096	1726	2312	2764	3075	3176	3193	3193

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