BAGDAD 2, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(020584) BAGDAD 2
From Year=1978 To Year=1986
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	192	227	310	519	796	1054	1229	1181	1007	697	331	221	7763
40 S	192	419	729	1248	2044	3097	4326	5507	6515	7211	7542	7763	7763
45 M	88	120	173	374	641	904	1074	1026	857	542	207	109	6112
45 S	88	207	380	754	1394	2298	3372	4398	5255	5797	6004	6112	6112
50 M	26	50	75	240	487	754	919	871	707	389	110	40	4667
50 S	26	76	151	390	877	1631	2550	3421	4128	4517	4627	4667	4667
55 M	3	14	23	129	339	604	764	716	557	250	45	9	3453
55 S	3	17	40	169	508	1112	1876	2592	3149	3399	3444	3453	3453
60 M	0	3	4	54	204	454	609	561	409	132	9	1	2441
60 S	0	3	7	61	265	719	1327	1889	2298	2430	2440	2441	2441

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	126	150	195	333	507	668	796	779	661	428	205	146	4995
50 S	126	277	471	804	1312	1980	2775	3555	4216	4644	4849	4995	4995

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 Oct 31, 2012
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