FLAMING GORGE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422864) FLAMING GORGE
From Year=1957 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 2 3 32 138 374 627 876 817 522 224 29 2 3645
40 S 2 5 36 174 547 1174 2050 2868 3390 3613 3642 3645 3645
45 M 0 0 8 61 235 477 721 662 378 114 7 0 2664
45 S 0 0 9 70 304 782 1503 2165 2543 2657 2664 2664 2664
50 M 0 0 1 20 123 332 566 507 243 42 1 0 1836
50 S 0 0 1 21 144 476 1042 1550 1792 1835 1836 1836 1836
55 M 0 0 0 4 47 200 412 354 125 9 0 0 1151
55 S 0 0 0 4 51 250 662 1016 1142 1151 1151 1151 1151
60 M 0 0 0 0 10 95 260 207 45 1 0 0 617
60 S 0 0 0 0 10 106 365 572 616 617 617 617 617
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 6 44 129 279 424 565 537 374 199 35 3 2597
50 S 2 8 52 181 460 884 1449 1986 2360 2559 2594 2597 2597
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