CRATERS OF THE MOON NM, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(102260) CRATERS OF THE MOON NM
From Year=1958 To Year=2006
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 1 14 109 346 589 882 826 496 208 13 0 3484
40 S 0 1 15 125 470 1059 1941 2767 3263 3471 3484 3484 3484
45 M 0 0 2 48 217 441 727 671 356 107 2 0 2572
45 S 0 0 2 51 268 708 1436 2107 2463 2570 2572 2572 2572
50 M 0 0 0 18 119 302 572 518 229 42 0 0 1800
50 S 0 0 0 18 137 439 1011 1529 1758 1800 1800 1800 1800
55 M 0 0 0 5 53 183 418 368 125 11 0 0 1163
55 S 0 0 0 5 58 241 659 1027 1152 1163 1163 1163 1163
60 M 0 0 0 1 17 91 270 226 51 1 0 0 658
60 S 0 0 0 1 18 109 379 605 656 658 658 658 658
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 14 90 234 377 567 533 333 161 13 0 2322
50 S 0 1 15 104 338 715 1282 1816 2149 2309 2322 2322 2322
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 Jul 28, 2006
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