IDAHO FALLS 16 SE, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(104456) IDAHO FALLS 16 SE
From Year=1955 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 13 90 279 483 731 685 404 160 19 1 2865
40 S 0 2 14 104 383 866 1597 2282 2685 2846 2864 2865 2865
45 M 0 0 2 36 158 337 576 530 269 73 4 0 1985
45 S 0 0 2 39 196 533 1109 1639 1908 1981 1985 1985 1985
50 M 0 0 0 11 72 205 421 378 153 23 0 0 1263
50 S 0 0 0 11 83 288 709 1087 1239 1263 1263 1263 1263
55 M 0 0 0 2 24 102 271 232 65 4 0 0 699
55 S 0 0 0 2 25 127 398 630 695 699 699 699 699
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 35 137 108 19 0 0 0 302
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 39 176 283 302 302 302 302 302
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 12 78 201 322 484 460 298 148 20 0 2024
50 S 0 1 13 91 292 614 1098 1558 1856 2004 2024 2024 2024
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