SALTAIR SALT PLANT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427578) SALTAIR SALT PLANT
From Year=1956 To Year=1991
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 17 91 273 554 841 1139 1071 724 345 84 8 5150
40 S 2 20 111 384 938 1779 2919 3989 4714 5059 5143 5150 5150
45 M 0 5 34 161 405 691 984 916 576 212 30 2 4016
45 S 0 5 39 200 605 1296 2281 3196 3772 3984 4015 4016 4016
50 M 0 1 10 82 269 542 829 761 431 112 7 0 3044
50 S 0 1 11 93 361 903 1732 2493 2924 3036 3044 3044 3044
55 M 0 0 2 34 157 396 674 606 296 49 1 0 2216
55 S 0 0 2 37 193 589 1264 1870 2165 2215 2216 2216 2216
60 M 0 0 1 11 75 263 520 452 176 17 0 0 1514
60 S 0 0 1 12 86 349 869 1321 1497 1514 1514 1514 1514
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 11 47 146 315 531 756 714 455 202 45 5 3231
50 S 2 13 60 206 521 1053 1809 2523 2978 3180 3226 3231 3231
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