EUREKA, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262708) EUREKA
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	9	10	53	157	360	620	921	873	583	306	65	11	3966
40 S	9	18	71	228	588	1209	2130	3002	3585	3891	3956	3966	3966
45 M	3	1	16	77	233	473	766	718	437	187	21	2	2934
45 S	3	4	20	97	329	803	1568	2286	2723	2910	2932	2934	2934
50 M	1	0	3	29	130	333	611	563	300	96	4	1	2071
50 S	1	1	4	33	164	497	1108	1671	1970	2067	2071	2071	2071
55 M	1	0	0	8	59	209	456	409	179	41	0	0	1362
55 S	1	1	1	8	67	276	732	1142	1321	1362	1362	1362	1362
60 M	0	0	0	1	18	107	305	261	85	15	0	0	791
60 S	0	0	0	1	19	126	431	692	776	791	791	791	791

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	7	10	51	135	256	414	594	566	388	227	58	9	2714
50 S	7	17	68	203	459	874	1467	2033	2421	2647	2705	2714	2714

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