BAGDAD 8 NE, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(020590) BAGDAD 8 NE
From Year=1950 To Year=1975
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 100 144 248 421 688 934 1195 1132 910 626 279 120 6797
40 S 100 244 491 912 1600 2534 3729 4861 5771 6398 6677 6797 6797
45 M 31 59 128 279 533 784 1040 977 760 473 153 40 5258
45 S 31 90 218 497 1030 1814 2854 3831 4591 5065 5218 5258 5258
50 M 6 17 47 156 381 634 885 822 610 325 62 6 3951
50 S 6 23 70 225 606 1240 2125 2947 3557 3883 3945 3951 3951
55 M 1 3 10 64 240 484 730 667 460 189 13 1 2862
55 S 1 4 14 78 317 801 1531 2199 2659 2848 2861 2862 2862
60 M 0 0 1 17 120 336 575 512 312 80 1 0 1956
60 S 0 1 2 18 139 475 1050 1562 1874 1955 1956 1956 1956
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 124 149 222 324 469 571 737 718 578 432 240 148 4714
50 S 124 273 495 819 1289 1860 2597 3315 3893 4326 4566 4714 4714
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