AUSTIN #2, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(260507) AUSTIN
From Year=1887 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	11	19	60	169	377	631	940	895	607	323	84	16	4133
40 S	11	30	91	260	637	1269	2209	3104	3711	4034	4118	4133	4133
45 M	1	3	19	87	250	485	785	740	460	200	30	3	3063
45 S	1	5	24	110	360	845	1630	2370	2831	3031	3060	3063	3063
50 M	0	0	3	35	145	345	631	585	321	103	6	0	2174
50 S	0	0	4	38	183	528	1159	1744	2065	2168	2174	2174	2174
55 M	0	0	0	9	69	220	476	431	197	40	0	0	1444
55 S	0	0	0	9	79	299	775	1206	1403	1444	1444	1444	1444
60 M	0	0	0	1	23	119	324	282	96	10	0	0	856
60 S	0	0	0	1	25	144	468	750	846	856	856	856	856

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	17	50	127	252	407	602	576	393	222	63	14	2732
50 S	9	26	76	203	455	862	1464	2040	2433	2655	2718	2732	2732

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