DINOSAUR QUARRY AREA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422173) DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA
From Year=1915 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 4 83 276 582 844 1094 1017 690 317 36 0 4944
40 S 0 4 87 363 946 1790 2883 3901 4591 4908 4944 4944 4944
45 M 0 0 28 157 429 694 939 862 541 187 7 0 3844
45 S 0 0 28 185 614 1308 2247 3109 3650 3837 3844 3844 3844
50 M 0 0 6 70 284 544 784 707 395 87 1 0 2878
50 S 0 0 6 76 360 904 1688 2395 2790 2877 2878 2878 2878
55 M 0 0 1 22 159 396 629 552 256 29 0 0 2043
55 S 0 0 1 23 182 577 1206 1758 2014 2043 2043 2043 2043
60 M 0 0 0 5 67 254 474 398 134 5 0 0 1336
60 S 0 0 0 5 71 325 799 1197 1331 1336 1336 1336 1336
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 11 97 226 399 526 649 619 471 268 53 2 3322
50 S 1 12 109 335 734 1260 1909 2528 2999 3267 3320 3322 3322
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