BENSON 6 SE, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(020683) BENSON 6 SE
From Year=1990 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 194 245 427 608 894 1124 1271 1219 1039 735 370 182 8310
40 S 194 439 866 1473 2368 3492 4763 5983 7022 7757 8127 8310 8310
45 M 80 126 281 459 739 974 1116 1064 889 581 234 81 6625
45 S 80 206 487 946 1685 2660 3776 4840 5729 6310 6544 6625 6625
50 M 18 43 156 317 585 824 961 909 739 429 118 21 5120
50 S 18 61 217 533 1118 1942 2903 3813 4552 4981 5099 5120 5120
55 M 2 6 63 191 431 674 806 754 589 283 42 2 3842
55 S 2 8 71 262 692 1366 2173 2927 3516 3799 3841 3842 3842
60 M 0 1 13 88 281 524 651 599 439 153 8 0 2759
60 S 0 1 14 102 384 908 1559 2159 2598 2751 2758 2759 2759
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 217 233 349 437 565 654 797 782 655 499 321 204 5714
50 S 217 450 799 1236 1801 2456 3253 4035 4690 5188 5509 5714 5714
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