SUTCLIFFE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(267953) SUTCLIFFE
From Year=1967 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	39	64	189	325	584	824	1119	1086	809	479	172	52	5742
40 S	39	103	292	618	1201	2025	3144	4230	5039	5518	5690	5742	5742
45 M	9	17	86	198	430	674	964	931	659	332	76	17	4394
45 S	9	27	113	311	741	1415	2379	3310	3969	4301	4377	4394	4394
50 M	2	2	27	101	286	525	809	776	510	200	24	4	3266
50 S	2	4	31	132	419	944	1753	2529	3039	3238	3262	3266	3266
55 M	0	0	5	42	168	380	654	621	364	95	5	0	2335
55 S	0	0	5	47	215	595	1249	1870	2234	2329	2334	2335	2335
60 M	0	0	0	13	82	247	500	467	229	35	1	0	1573
60 S	0	0	0	13	96	342	842	1309	1538	1573	1573	1573	1573

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	29	98	181	338	523	746	730	517	261	75	22	3536
50 S	17	45	143	324	663	1185	1931	2661	3177	3438	3513	3536	3536

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