SHORT CREEK, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(027837) SHORT CREEK
From Year=1950 To Year=1963
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	27	70	147	380	615	862	1134	1048	832	538	160	37	5851
40 S	27	97	244	624	1239	2101	3236	4284	5116	5654	5814	5851	5851
45 M	6	23	68	247	464	712	979	893	682	390	69	9	4543
45 S	6	29	97	344	808	1520	2499	3393	4075	4465	4534	4543	4543
50 M	2	6	24	133	322	563	824	738	532	253	18	1	3416
50 S	2	8	31	165	486	1049	1873	2612	3144	3397	3415	3416	3416
55 M	0	1	6	55	193	416	669	583	383	134	4	0	2444
55 S	0	1	7	62	255	671	1340	1924	2307	2440	2444	2444	2444
60 M	0	0	1	13	89	279	514	428	241	44	0	0	1610
60 S	0	0	1	14	103	382	896	1325	1565	1610	1610	1610	1610

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	34	65	122	263	401	542	711	671	541	375	136	45	3905
50 S	34	99	221	484	885	1427	2138	2809	3349	3724	3860	3905	3905

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