ELY YELLAND FLD AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262631) ELY WBO
From Year=1893 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	7	39	130	338	581	860	800	498	212	37	5	3511
40 S	3	10	49	179	517	1099	1959	2758	3256	3469	3506	3511	3511
45 M	0	1	9	55	208	434	705	645	354	106	8	1	2525
45 S	0	1	10	66	273	708	1412	2057	2411	2517	2524	2525	2525
50 M	0	0	1	16	106	295	550	490	221	37	1	0	1715
50 S	0	0	1	17	123	418	967	1457	1678	1714	1715	1715	1715
55 M	0	0	0	2	38	172	395	336	110	7	0	0	1062
55 S	0	0	0	2	40	213	608	945	1055	1062	1062	1062	1062
60 M	0	0	0	0	7	76	244	191	37	1	0	0	556
60 S	0	0	0	0	7	83	327	518	555	556	556	556	556

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	8	14	54	137	275	416	558	532	384	215	63	14	2671
50 S	8	23	77	214	489	905	1462	1994	2378	2593	2656	2671	2671

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