PIOCHE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(266252) PIOCHE
From Year=1888 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	14	27	97	252	506	780	1030	975	712	399	105	20	4918
40 S	14	42	139	391	898	1678	2708	3683	4395	4794	4899	4918	4918
45 M	2	6	37	145	361	631	875	820	563	264	41	3	3747
45 S	2	7	45	189	550	1181	2056	2876	3439	3703	3744	3747	3747
50 M	0	1	10	67	230	482	720	665	416	148	9	0	2749
50 S	0	1	11	78	307	790	1510	2175	2591	2739	2749	2749	2749
55 M	0	0	1	23	122	339	565	510	275	63	1	0	1899
55 S	0	0	1	24	146	485	1051	1561	1835	1899	1899	1899	1899
60 M	0	0	0	4	47	210	410	356	150	18	0	0	1195
60 S	0	0	0	4	52	261	671	1027	1177	1195	1195	1195	1195

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	15	26	76	176	322	502	665	634	453	257	79	19	3223
50 S	15	41	117	293	615	1117	1781	2415	2868	3125	3204	3223	3223

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