CANYONLANDS THE NECK, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421163) CANYONLANDS THE NECK
From Year=1965 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 6 28 158 333 651 965 1187 1112 809 440 106 6 5800
40 S 6 34 191 524 1175 2141 3327 4439 5248 5688 5794 5800 5800
45 M 1 7 77 212 500 815 1032 957 660 302 45 1 4607
45 S 1 7 84 296 796 1612 2643 3600 4260 4562 4607 4607 4607
50 M 0 1 30 117 357 666 877 802 512 183 14 0 3558
50 S 0 1 31 148 505 1171 2047 2849 3362 3544 3558 3558 3558
55 M 0 0 8 52 231 518 722 647 370 93 2 0 2641
55 S 0 0 8 60 290 808 1530 2176 2546 2640 2641 2641 2641
60 M 0 0 1 16 127 375 567 492 237 37 0 0 1852
60 S 0 0 1 17 144 519 1086 1578 1815 1852 1852 1852 1852
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 13 90 197 403 639 793 751 522 247 50 2 3707
50 S 1 15 104 301 704 1343 2136 2886 3408 3655 3705 3707 3707
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