CHERRY CREEK, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(261684) CHERRY CREEK
From Year=1966 To Year=2010
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	3	15	94	188	464	739	1078	967	640	293	79	11	4571
40 S	3	18	112	300	764	1503	2581	3548	4188	4480	4560	4571	4571
45 M	0	3	37	94	322	589	923	812	492	171	30	2	3474
45 S	0	3	40	133	456	1045	1968	2780	3271	3442	3473	3474	3474
50 M	0	0	12	33	201	442	768	657	348	79	6	0	2545
50 S	0	0	12	45	246	688	1455	2112	2460	2539	2545	2545	2545
55 M	0	0	2	7	107	305	613	502	215	26	0	0	1776
55 S	0	0	2	9	116	421	1033	1535	1750	1776	1776	1776	1776
60 M	0	0	0	2	45	185	458	348	110	5	0	0	1152
60 S	0	0	0	2	47	232	689	1038	1147	1152	1152	1152	1152

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	12	83	150	318	469	672	616	433	215	67	7	3045
50 S	2	14	98	248	566	1035	1707	2323	2756	2971	3038	3045	3045

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