LOVELOCK DERBY FLD, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(264700) LOVELOCK FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1948 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	39	128	291	578	821	1102	1005	713	373	74	15	5151
40 S	12	52	180	470	1048	1869	2971	3977	4690	5062	5136	5151	5151
45 M	2	8	52	170	427	671	947	850	564	237	24	3	3955
45 S	2	11	63	233	659	1330	2278	3128	3691	3928	3952	3955	3955
50 M	0	1	13	81	287	522	792	695	417	126	5	1	2941
50 S	0	1	15	96	383	906	1698	2393	2810	2935	2940	2941	2941
55 M	0	0	2	28	169	377	637	540	276	51	0	0	2082
55 S	0	0	2	30	199	576	1214	1754	2030	2082	2082	2082	2082
60 M	0	0	0	6	82	245	482	387	153	14	0	0	1369
60 S	0	0	0	6	88	333	815	1202	1355	1369	1369	1369	1369

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	18	56	141	239	388	510	651	604	480	316	97	19	3519
50 S	18	74	215	454	841	1352	2003	2607	3087	3403	3500	3519	3519

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