GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(103448) GARDEN VALLEY R S
From Year=1893 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 0 3 50 206 456 650 923 867 574 267 26 2 4026
40 S 0 4 54 260 716 1366 2289 3156 3730 3998 4024 4026 4026
45 M 0 0 11 100 307 500 768 712 428 144 5 0 2976
45 S 0 0 11 111 418 918 1686 2398 2826 2970 2975 2976 2976
50 M 0 0 1 36 178 353 613 557 287 60 1 0 2085
50 S 0 0 1 37 215 567 1180 1737 2025 2085 2085 2085 2085
55 M 0 0 0 9 82 217 458 404 164 17 0 0 1351
55 S 0 0 0 9 91 308 766 1169 1334 1351 1351 1351 1351
60 M 0 0 0 1 28 108 307 256 73 3 0 0 774
60 S 0 0 0 1 29 137 444 699 772 774 774 774 774
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 5 58 183 336 436 568 551 427 240 22 1 2824
50 S 0 5 63 246 581 1017 1585 2135 2562 2802 2824 2824 2824
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