NOGALES 6 N, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(025924) NOGALES 6 N
From Year=1952 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 201 241 387 556 798 1050 1209 1156 990 720 380 211 7898
40 S 201 442 829 1384 2182 3233 4442 5598 6588 7308 7688 7898 7898
45 M 90 127 245 408 643 900 1054 1001 840 566 243 99 6216
45 S 90 217 462 870 1513 2413 3468 4469 5309 5874 6117 6216 6216
50 M 25 49 128 268 489 750 899 846 690 413 126 28 4712
50 S 25 74 202 470 959 1709 2609 3455 4144 4558 4684 4712 4712
55 M 3 10 50 145 338 600 744 691 540 267 45 4 3436
55 S 3 12 62 207 545 1145 1890 2581 3120 3388 3433 3436 3436
60 M 0 1 12 56 198 451 589 536 390 139 8 0 2381
60 S 0 1 12 69 267 718 1307 1843 2233 2373 2381 2381 2381
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 226 238 326 420 534 623 771 750 624 497 328 230 5567
50 S 226 464 790 1210 1744 2366 3137 3887 4512 5009 5337 5567 5567
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