LA SAL, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424946) LA SAL
From Year=1901 To Year=1978
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 3 41 177 413 680 899 849 578 275 41 3 3958
40 S 1 4 45 222 634 1314 2212 3061 3639 3914 3955 3958 3958
45 M 0 0 11 84 272 530 744 694 431 156 10 0 2932
45 S 0 0 12 96 368 898 1642 2336 2766 2922 2932 2932 2932
50 M 0 0 2 29 150 384 589 539 289 68 2 0 2052
50 S 0 0 2 32 182 565 1154 1693 1982 2050 2052 2052 2052
55 M 0 0 0 7 61 246 434 384 161 19 0 0 1312
55 S 0 0 0 7 68 314 748 1132 1292 1312 1312 1312 1312
60 M 0 0 0 1 17 129 281 233 63 3 0 0 726
60 S 0 0 0 1 17 146 427 660 723 725 726 726 726
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 4 38 134 274 438 578 542 368 203 46 5 2632
50 S 1 6 44 178 452 890 1468 2011 2378 2581 2627 2632 2632
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