FALLON EXP STN, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262780) FALLON EXPERIMENT STN
From Year=1903 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	20	49	150	305	548	766	1027	952	664	363	94	22	4960
40 S	20	69	218	523	1072	1838	2865	3817	4481	4844	4939	4960	4960
45 M	5	13	64	180	397	616	872	797	515	225	35	6	3725
45 S	5	18	82	262	659	1275	2147	2944	3459	3684	3718	3725	3725
50 M	1	2	19	86	256	467	717	642	368	112	8	1	2679
50 S	1	3	22	107	364	831	1548	2190	2558	2670	2678	2679	2679
55 M	0	0	3	28	141	323	562	488	232	41	1	0	1819
55 S	0	0	3	31	172	495	1057	1544	1777	1818	1818	1819	1819
60 M	0	0	0	5	60	193	408	335	119	9	0	0	1128
60 S	0	0	0	5	65	258	666	1000	1119	1128	1128	1128	1128

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	26	62	151	241	371	487	625	591	457	299	107	28	3445
50 S	26	88	239	481	852	1339	1964	2554	3011	3310	3418	3445	3445

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