BLUE EGLE CURRANT12SSW, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(260955) BLUE EAGLE RANCH HANKS
From Year=1978 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	7	38	168	343	632	885	1123	1056	760	413	79	7	5512
40 S	7	46	214	557	1189	2074	3197	4252	5013	5426	5505	5512	5512
45 M	1	9	76	217	479	735	968	901	611	272	28	1	4297
45 S	1	10	85	302	781	1517	2484	3385	3996	4268	4296	4297	4297
50 M	0	1	23	114	334	586	813	746	462	151	7	0	3238
50 S	0	1	24	138	472	1059	1871	2617	3079	3230	3238	3238	3238
55 M	0	0	4	44	207	439	658	591	318	64	1	0	2326
55 S	0	0	4	48	255	694	1352	1943	2261	2325	2326	2326	2326
60 M	0	0	0	11	106	299	503	436	184	20	0	0	1560
60 S	0	0	0	11	117	416	919	1355	1539	1559	1560	1560	1560

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	8	41	144	254	416	549	677	648	497	313	80	9	3638
50 S	8	49	193	448	864	1414	2091	2739	3237	3549	3629	3638	3638

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