MONTGOMERY MNTC STN, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(265362) MONTGOMERY MNTC STN
From Year=1960 To Year=1980
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	2	7	27	77	297	543	775	724	467	234	40	4	3196
40 S	2	9	36	113	409	953	1727	2451	2918	3152	3192	3196	3196
45 M	0	0	6	24	173	396	620	569	322	121	10	0	2242
45 S	0	0	6	31	204	600	1220	1789	2111	2232	2242	2242	2242
50 M	0	0	1	3	77	258	465	415	187	45	1	0	1452
50 S	0	0	1	4	81	340	805	1219	1407	1451	1452	1452	1452
55 M	0	0	0	0	23	142	310	264	80	9	0	0	828
55 S	0	0	0	0	23	164	475	739	819	828	828	828	828
60 M	0	0	0	0	2	60	162	131	20	0	0	0	376
60 S	0	0	0	0	2	62	224	355	375	376	376	376	376

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	24	47	95	244	379	518	491	354	222	67	16	2465
50 S	9	33	80	175	419	798	1317	1807	2161	2383	2450	2465	2465

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