PAHRUMP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(265890) PAHRUMP
From Year=1914 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	121	221	390	580	894	1129	1378	1325	1044	719	322	115	8237
40 S	121	341	731	1311	2205	3334	4712	6037	7081	7799	8122	8237	8237
45 M	42	110	248	431	739	979	1223	1170	894	564	195	39	6635
45 S	42	152	401	832	1571	2550	3773	4943	5837	6401	6596	6635	6635
50 M	9	39	132	290	584	829	1068	1015	744	413	95	7	5226
50 S	9	48	180	471	1055	1884	2952	3967	4711	5124	5219	5226	5226
55 M	1	8	55	170	433	679	913	860	594	270	34	1	4017
55 S	1	9	64	234	667	1346	2259	3119	3713	3983	4017	4017	4017
60 M	0	1	15	80	292	530	758	705	445	147	7	0	2981
60 S	0	1	16	96	389	918	1677	2382	2826	2974	2981	2981	2981

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	128	181	278	385	562	686	826	800	641	478	260	133	5360
50 S	128	309	587	972	1535	2220	3047	3847	4488	4966	5226	5360	5360

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