SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(267369) SEARCHLIGHT
From Year=1913 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 179 247 419 616 904 1163 1379 1318 1094 790 404 197 8709
40 S 179 426 845 1461 2366 3528 4907 6225 7319 8108 8512 8709 8709
45 M 81 135 276 468 750 1013 1224 1163 944 635 268 92 7048
45 S 81 216 492 960 1710 2722 3946 5109 6053 6688 6956 7048 7048
50 M 26 58 157 328 595 863 1069 1008 794 483 153 30 5564
50 S 26 84 241 569 1165 2027 3096 4104 4898 5381 5534 5564 5564
55 M 5 19 74 203 444 713 914 853 644 338 70 5 4281
55 S 5 23 97 300 744 1456 2371 3223 3867 4206 4276 4281 4281
60 M 0 3 25 105 303 563 759 698 495 208 23 1 3183
60 S 0 4 28 134 436 1000 1759 2456 2951 3160 3183 3183 3183
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 84 129 242 379 586 750 889 859 726 497 218 93 5453
50 S 84 213 456 835 1420 2171 3060 3919 4645 5142 5360 5453 5453
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