KODACHROME BASIN PARK, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424755) KODACHROME BASIN PARK
From Year=1979 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 19 97 255 505 749 986 922 660 333 60 5 4595
40 S 5 24 120 375 881 1630 2616 3538 4197 4530 4590 4595 4595
45 M 0 3 30 137 354 599 831 767 510 198 14 1 3443
45 S 0 3 34 170 524 1123 1954 2721 3231 3429 3443 3443 3443
50 M 0 0 5 54 215 449 676 612 362 92 1 0 2466
50 S 0 0 5 59 274 723 1399 2011 2373 2465 2466 2466 2466
55 M 0 0 0 14 103 303 521 457 221 31 0 0 1649
55 S 0 0 0 14 117 420 941 1398 1619 1649 1649 1649 1649
60 M 0 0 0 2 33 170 366 303 101 5 0 0 980
60 S 0 0 0 2 35 205 571 874 975 980 980 980 980
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 22 42 126 235 384 503 613 586 462 289 93 22 3376
50 S 22 64 190 424 808 1311 1924 2510 2971 3261 3354 3376 3376
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