BRYCE CANYON NP HQ, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421008) BRYCE CANYON NATL PK HD
From Year=1959 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 0 1 12 73 253 500 724 655 401 149 12 0 2781
40 S 0 1 14 86 340 840 1563 2218 2619 2768 2780 2781 2781
45 M 0 0 1 23 135 354 569 500 260 60 1 0 1901
45 S 0 0 1 24 159 512 1081 1580 1840 1900 1901 1901 1901
50 M 0 0 0 4 52 218 414 345 135 15 0 0 1182
50 S 0 0 0 4 56 274 688 1033 1167 1182 1182 1182 1182
55 M 0 0 0 0 13 107 260 194 47 1 0 0 623
55 S 0 0 0 0 13 120 380 575 622 623 623 623 623
60 M 0 0 0 0 2 36 120 71 8 0 0 0 238
60 S 0 0 0 0 2 38 158 229 238 238 238 238 238
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 22 85 213 360 471 423 295 151 25 3 2053
50 S 1 5 27 112 325 685 1156 1579 1873 2024 2050 2053 2053
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