LOVELOCK, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264698) LOVELOCK
From Year=1895 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	12	41	141	308	570	793	1060	989	699	380	88	15	5096
40 S	12	53	194	501	1072	1865	2925	3914	4613	4993	5081	5096	5096
45 M	2	9	58	183	419	644	905	834	549	243	30	3	3879
45 S	2	11	69	252	671	1315	2220	3054	3603	3845	3875	3879	3879
50 M	0	1	16	89	278	495	750	679	402	128	6	0	2843
50 S	0	1	17	106	384	879	1629	2308	2710	2837	2843	2843	2843
55 M	0	0	2	32	159	350	595	524	263	51	0	0	1976
55 S	0	0	2	34	193	542	1137	1661	1924	1976	1976	1976	1976
60 M	0	0	0	7	72	217	440	370	143	15	0	0	1265
60 S	0	0	0	7	79	297	737	1107	1250	1265	1265	1265	1265

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	18	51	141	247	388	502	638	603	473	311	101	20	3492
50 S	18	69	210	457	844	1346	1984	2587	3061	3371	3472	3492	3492

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