MT. CHARLESTON F.S., NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(265400) MOUNT CHARLESTON LODGE
From Year=1949 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	11	8	42	118	327	574	797	755	527	269	73	16	3518
40 S	11	18	60	179	506	1080	1877	2633	3160	3429	3502	3518	3518
45 M	0	0	8	47	201	426	642	600	380	153	22	2	2482
45 S	0	1	8	56	256	682	1324	1925	2304	2457	2479	2482	2482
50 M	0	0	1	11	101	284	487	446	238	68	3	0	1640
50 S	0	0	1	12	113	397	884	1330	1568	1636	1639	1640	1640
55 M	0	0	0	1	36	160	332	292	116	21	0	0	958
55 S	0	0	0	1	37	197	529	821	937	958	958	958	958
60 M	0	0	0	0	7	62	182	147	33	3	0	0	434
60 S	0	0	0	0	7	69	251	397	431	434	434	434	434

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	15	47	105	222	370	500	471	331	191	70	22	2361
50 S	17	32	79	184	407	777	1277	1748	2079	2270	2339	2361	2361

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