WADSWORTH 4 N, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(268838) WADSWORTH 4 N
From Year=1974 To Year=2010
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 20 52 154 292 544 783 1034 953 679 357 86 22 4976
40 S 20 71 225 517 1061 1844 2878 3831 4511 4868 4954 4976 4976
45 M 5 14 66 174 394 633 879 798 530 224 29 6 3753
45 S 5 18 85 259 653 1286 2165 2963 3493 3717 3747 3753 3753
50 M 1 1 20 87 258 484 724 643 385 114 6 1 2725
50 S 1 2 22 109 367 851 1575 2219 2603 2717 2723 2725 2725
55 M 0 0 4 33 146 340 569 489 248 43 1 0 1872
55 S 0 0 4 37 183 523 1092 1581 1829 1872 1872 1872 1872
60 M 0 0 0 8 68 210 416 337 133 11 0 0 1182
60 S 0 0 0 8 76 286 702 1038 1171 1182 1182 1182 1182
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 26 66 152 236 373 496 632 587 468 310 109 32 3488
50 S 26 92 244 480 853 1350 1982 2569 3037 3347 3456 3488 3488
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