EMPIRE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262662) GERLACH
From Year=1951 To Year=1976
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	23	45	128	311	584	810	1091	997	805	443	104	21	5362
40 S	23	68	196	506	1091	1900	2991	3988	4794	5236	5340	5362	5362
45 M	6	12	49	185	434	660	936	842	655	297	39	4	4119
45 S	6	18	67	252	686	1346	2281	3123	3779	4076	4114	4119	4119
50 M	1	1	10	88	295	511	781	687	506	170	8	0	3058
50 S	1	2	12	101	395	906	1687	2374	2880	3050	3058	3058	3058
55 M	0	0	0	32	174	367	626	532	360	77	0	0	2169
55 S	0	0	0	32	206	574	1199	1732	2091	2169	2169	2169	2169
60 M	0	0	0	6	86	239	473	379	223	26	0	0	1432
60 S	0	0	0	6	92	331	804	1183	1406	1432	1432	1432	1432

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	40	104	220	383	510	671	615	511	326	96	17	3510
50 S	17	57	161	381	764	1274	1945	2560	3071	3397	3493	3510	3510

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