RYE PATCH DAM, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(267192) RYE PATCH DAM
From Year=1935 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 13 37 118 265 531 756 1032 955 672 356 78 16 4830
40 S 13 51 169 434 965 1721 2753 3708 4380 4737 4814 4830 4830
45 M 2 8 44 148 382 606 877 800 523 221 25 3 3641
45 S 2 11 55 203 585 1191 2067 2868 3391 3613 3638 3641 3641
50 M 0 1 10 67 246 458 722 645 378 112 5 0 2645
50 S 0 1 11 78 324 782 1504 2149 2527 2639 2644 2645 2645
55 M 0 0 1 20 135 316 567 491 242 43 0 0 1815
55 S 0 0 1 22 157 473 1039 1530 1772 1815 1815 1815 1815
60 M 0 0 0 4 59 190 413 338 126 11 0 0 1139
60 S 0 0 0 4 63 252 665 1003 1129 1139 1139 1139 1139
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 16 49 135 237 382 487 614 584 474 320 96 20 3414
50 S 16 66 200 437 819 1306 1920 2505 2979 3299 3395 3414 3414
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