ELKO RGNL AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262573) ELKO WB AIRPORT
From Year=1888 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	3	11	55	172	393	636	921	847	536	239	44	6	3864
40 S	3	14	69	241	634	1270	2192	3039	3574	3814	3858	3864	3864
45 M	0	1	14	81	254	487	766	692	390	125	13	1	2824
45 S	0	2	16	96	350	837	1603	2295	2685	2810	2823	2824	2824
50 M	0	0	1	28	139	343	611	537	253	50	3	0	1965
50 S	0	0	2	29	168	511	1123	1660	1913	1963	1965	1965	1965
55 M	0	0	0	6	60	213	457	384	136	14	0	0	1270
55 S	0	0	0	6	66	279	736	1119	1256	1269	1270	1270	1270
60 M	0	0	0	1	17	108	305	236	55	3	0	0	725
60 S	0	0	0	1	18	126	431	667	722	725	725	725	725

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	3	16	72	165	303	433	576	556	425	254	68	8	2879
50 S	3	20	92	257	560	993	1569	2125	2549	2803	2870	2879	2879

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