GOLDFIELD, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(263285) GOLDFIELD
From Year=1906 To Year=2009
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	13	36	126	284	531	784	1059	996	719	402	103	14	5067
40 S	13	49	175	459	991	1775	2834	3830	4549	4950	5053	5067	5067
45 M	1	9	54	169	383	635	904	841	569	266	38	2	3870
45 S	1	10	64	232	616	1250	2155	2995	3565	3830	3869	3870	3870
50 M	0	1	15	83	249	487	749	686	422	150	10	0	2852
50 S	0	1	16	99	348	835	1584	2270	2693	2843	2852	2852	2852
55 M	0	0	2	31	138	345	594	531	282	65	1	0	1990
55 S	0	0	2	33	171	516	1111	1642	1924	1988	1990	1990	1990
60 M	0	0	0	8	59	217	440	377	158	19	0	0	1277
60 S	0	0	0	8	67	283	723	1100	1259	1277	1277	1277	1277

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	15	35	101	199	343	506	683	647	464	265	81	17	3354
50 S	15	49	150	349	692	1198	1880	2527	2991	3256	3337	3354	3354

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