CORTEZ GOLD MINE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(261975) CORTEZ GOLD MINE
From Year=1968 To Year=1979
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	26	41	116	204	513	786	1092	994	659	317	83	18	4849
40 S	26	67	183	387	900	1686	2778	3772	4431	4748	4831	4849	4849
45 M	7	10	51	110	366	636	937	839	511	198	30	4	3698
45 S	7	17	68	178	544	1180	2116	2956	3466	3664	3694	3698	3698
50 M	1	1	16	48	235	489	782	684	368	105	8	1	2737
50 S	1	2	18	66	301	790	1571	2255	2623	2728	2737	2737	2737
55 M	0	0	3	16	131	349	627	530	239	44	2	0	1941
55 S	0	0	3	19	150	499	1126	1656	1896	1940	1941	1941	1941
60 M	0	0	0	4	57	226	473	380	131	12	0	0	1283
60 S	0	0	0	4	61	287	759	1139	1270	1283	1283	1283	1283

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	16	38	89	160	342	497	666	620	446	256	74	14	3218
50 S	16	54	142	302	644	1141	1807	2428	2873	3130	3204	3218	3218

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