RENO TAHOE INTL AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(266779) RENO WSFO AIRPORT
From Year=1937 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 23 48 127 256 508 722 977 914 663 366 99 27 4730
40 S 23 72 199 455 963 1684 2661 3575 4238 4604 4703 4730 4730
45 M 5 11 49 141 359 572 822 759 514 230 35 7 3503
45 S 5 16 65 206 565 1136 1958 2717 3231 3461 3496 3503 3503
50 M 1 1 12 61 225 424 667 604 368 117 7 1 2489
50 S 1 2 14 75 301 724 1391 1995 2363 2480 2487 2489 2489
55 M 0 0 2 18 119 284 512 449 232 44 1 0 1660
55 S 0 0 2 20 139 423 934 1384 1615 1660 1660 1660 1660
60 M 0 0 0 4 49 163 358 298 118 11 0 0 1001
60 S 0 0 0 4 53 215 573 871 990 1001 1001 1001 1001
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 30 59 127 214 356 472 605 580 464 308 110 32 3356
50 S 30 89 215 429 785 1257 1862 2442 2906 3214 3323 3356 3356
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