HANS FLAT RS, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(423600) HANS FLAT RANGER STN
From Year=1980 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 5 22 135 286 585 891 1114 1042 760 404 99 7 5349
40 S 5 27 162 448 1033 1924 3037 4080 4839 5243 5342 5349 5349
45 M 0 5 64 175 437 741 959 887 611 271 42 1 4192
45 S 0 5 69 244 681 1422 2381 3268 3879 4149 4191 4192 4192
50 M 0 0 23 92 300 592 804 732 465 159 11 0 3179
50 S 0 0 24 116 417 1008 1812 2544 3009 3168 3179 3179 3179
55 M 0 0 6 38 184 446 649 577 325 76 1 0 2302
55 S 0 0 6 44 228 674 1322 1899 2224 2301 2302 2302 2302
60 M 0 0 1 10 93 307 494 423 197 29 0 0 1553
60 S 0 0 1 11 104 410 904 1327 1524 1553 1553 1553 1553
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 8 67 158 348 588 753 709 478 215 43 2 3370
50 S 1 9 75 233 581 1169 1922 2631 3110 3325 3368 3370 3370
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