IDAHO FALLS 2 ESE, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(104455) IDAHO FALLS 2 ESE
From Year=1952 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 2 4 46 185 438 663 915 867 555 240 31 2 3948
40 S 2 6 52 237 675 1338 2253 3120 3675 3915 3946 3948 3948
45 M 0 0 12 93 294 513 760 712 409 128 7 0 2929
45 S 0 1 13 106 400 913 1674 2385 2795 2922 2929 2929 2929
50 M 0 0 2 37 172 366 605 557 272 52 1 0 2065
50 S 0 0 2 39 211 577 1183 1740 2012 2064 2065 2065 2065
55 M 0 0 0 11 82 232 451 404 153 14 0 0 1347
55 S 0 0 0 11 93 325 776 1180 1333 1347 1347 1347 1347
60 M 0 0 0 2 29 122 299 257 64 2 0 0 776
60 S 0 0 0 2 31 153 452 709 774 776 776 776 776
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 4 42 142 290 419 580 555 382 193 27 1 2635
50 S 0 4 47 188 478 898 1478 2032 2414 2607 2635 2635 2635
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