VIRGIN VALLEY, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262394) VIRGIN VALLEY
From Year=1959 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 8 14 56 132 382 601 849 793 483 220 30 6 3574
40 S 8 21 78 209 591 1192 2041 2834 3317 3537 3568 3574 3574
45 M 1 2 15 55 244 452 694 638 340 112 5 1 2560
45 S 1 4 19 74 318 770 1464 2102 2442 2554 2559 2560 2560
50 M 0 0 2 17 133 310 539 484 209 42 0 0 1736
50 S 0 0 2 19 152 461 1000 1484 1693 1735 1736 1736 1736
55 M 0 0 0 3 59 185 385 332 102 9 0 0 1074
55 S 0 0 0 3 62 246 632 964 1066 1074 1074 1074 1074
60 M 0 0 0 0 19 89 239 193 33 1 0 0 574
60 S 0 0 0 0 19 109 348 541 574 574 574 574 574
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 8 23 76 142 301 415 547 528 399 250 55 8 2752
50 S 8 31 107 249 550 965 1512 2040 2439 2689 2744 2752 2752
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