BEATTY 8 N, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(260718) BEATTY 8 N
From Year=1972 To Year=2008
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 102 163 303 480 775 1003 1220 1165 935 653 273 106 7179
40 S 102 265 568 1048 1823 2827 4046 5211 6146 6800 7073 7179 7179
45 M 33 73 173 334 620 853 1065 1010 785 500 154 34 5634
45 S 33 106 279 613 1233 2087 3151 4161 4946 5446 5600 5634 5634
50 M 5 22 77 205 467 704 910 855 635 350 69 6 4306
50 S 5 28 105 310 777 1481 2390 3245 3880 4230 4300 4306 4306
55 M 0 4 23 102 321 554 755 700 486 212 21 1 3178
55 S 0 4 27 129 450 1004 1758 2458 2944 3156 3177 3178 3178
60 M 0 0 4 38 191 406 600 545 339 102 3 0 2227
60 S 0 0 4 42 233 639 1238 1783 2122 2224 2227 2227 2227
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 89 128 219 326 495 614 733 707 584 430 209 100 4633
50 S 89 217 436 762 1257 1871 2604 3310 3895 4325 4534 4633 4633
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