MAVERICK, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(025312) MAVERICK
From Year=1948 To Year=1967
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 3 6 54 198 425 622 578 413 173 14 1 2488
40 S 0 4 10 64 261 686 1308 1886 2300 2473 2487 2488 2488
45 M 0 0 0 9 81 278 467 423 264 62 0 0 1584
45 S 0 0 0 9 91 368 835 1259 1522 1584 1584 1584 1584
50 M 0 0 0 0 18 147 312 269 127 10 0 0 884
50 S 0 0 0 0 19 166 478 746 874 884 884 884 884
55 M 0 0 0 0 3 56 158 119 32 1 0 0 369
55 S 0 0 0 0 3 59 217 336 368 369 369 369 369
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 11 36 17 1 0 0 0 65
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 11 47 64 65 65 65 65 65
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 26 33 56 147 268 393 421 388 339 238 102 42 2455
50 S 26 59 115 262 530 923 1345 1733 2072 2310 2413 2455 2455
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