CALIENTE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(261358) CALIENTE
From Year=1903 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	13	50	171	357	625	870	1117	1062	769	443	119	18	5615
40 S	13	64	235	591	1217	2087	3204	4266	5035	5479	5597	5615	5615
45 M	1	12	76	223	472	720	962	907	619	297	43	3	4336
45 S	1	14	89	312	784	1504	2466	3373	3992	4289	4332	4336	4336
50 M	0	1	23	113	324	571	807	752	470	167	9	1	3239
50 S	0	1	25	138	462	1033	1839	2592	3062	3229	3238	3239	3239
55 M	0	0	4	42	192	422	652	597	325	70	1	0	2305
55 S	0	0	4	45	238	660	1312	1909	2234	2304	2305	2305	2305
60 M	0	0	0	9	88	279	497	442	189	19	0	0	1523
60 S	0	0	0	9	97	376	872	1315	1504	1523	1523	1523	1523

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	35	73	175	288	435	540	665	648	508	361	152	43	3923
50 S	35	108	283	571	1006	1546	2211	2859	3367	3728	3879	3923	3923

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