CENTRAL NEVADA FLD, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(261630) CENTRAL NEVADA FIELD LA
From Year=1965 To Year=1986
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 14 46 107 356 579 835 763 495 188 42 7 3440
40 S 7 21 67 174 530 1109 1944 2707 3203 3391 3433 3440 3440
45 M 1 2 13 44 225 432 680 608 351 91 10 0 2457
45 S 1 4 17 61 286 718 1398 2006 2357 2447 2457 2457 2457
50 M 0 0 2 14 121 292 525 454 219 31 2 0 1660
50 S 0 0 2 16 136 429 954 1408 1627 1658 1660 1660 1660
55 M 0 0 0 3 49 170 371 303 109 5 0 0 1010
55 S 0 0 0 3 51 221 592 895 1005 1010 1010 1010 1010
60 M 0 0 0 0 12 78 222 165 35 1 0 0 513
60 S 0 0 0 0 12 90 312 478 513 513 513 513 513
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 26 70 140 307 424 553 524 410 225 71 17 2780
50 S 12 39 109 249 555 979 1532 2056 2467 2692 2764 2780 2780
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