PENOYER VALLEY, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(266130) PENOYER VLY CASTLETON
From Year=1967 To Year=2006
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	34	133	257	569	784	1014	947	668	337	68	11	4832
40 S	11	45	177	434	1003	1787	2801	3748	4416	4753	4821	4832	4832
45 M	2	8	53	138	417	634	859	792	518	200	20	2	3643
45 S	2	10	62	201	617	1252	2110	2902	3421	3621	3641	3643	3643
50 M	0	1	13	54	273	485	704	637	370	91	3	0	2631
50 S	0	1	14	68	341	827	1531	2167	2538	2629	2631	2631	2631
55 M	0	0	2	12	151	341	549	482	231	31	0	0	1798
55 S	0	0	2	14	164	505	1053	1535	1766	1798	1798	1798	1798
60 M	0	0	0	1	61	206	395	328	112	5	0	0	1107
60 S	0	0	0	1	62	268	663	991	1103	1107	1107	1107	1107

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	29	73	162	231	413	508	629	598	484	322	118	32	3599
50 S	29	102	264	496	909	1417	2046	2644	3127	3450	3567	3599	3599

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