KINGS RIVER VALLEY, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264236) KINGS RIVER VALLEY
From Year=1956 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 6 24 92 222 465 714 982 897 625 308 51 7 4394
40 S 6 31 122 344 809 1524 2506 3402 4028 4335 4387 4394 4394
45 M 1 5 31 116 319 565 827 742 477 184 14 1 3280
45 S 1 6 36 153 472 1036 1863 2605 3082 3266 3279 3280 3280
50 M 0 1 6 49 192 417 672 587 334 90 2 0 2349
50 S 0 1 6 55 247 664 1336 1923 2257 2347 2349 2349 2349
55 M 0 0 0 14 98 279 517 434 204 34 0 0 1580
55 S 0 0 0 15 113 392 909 1342 1546 1580 1580 1580 1580
60 M 0 0 0 3 39 159 364 286 99 8 0 0 958
60 S 0 0 0 3 42 201 565 852 950 958 958 958 958
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 28 96 200 334 466 598 564 445 272 66 7 3083
50 S 7 35 131 331 664 1131 1729 2293 2738 3010 3076 3083 3083
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