MOON LAKE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(425815) MOON LAKE
From Year=1935 To Year=1969
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 0 2 48 186 401 639 587 334 112 7 0 2316
40 S 0 0 2 50 235 637 1275 1862 2196 2308 2316 2316 2316
45 M 0 0 0 13 83 260 484 432 200 38 0 0 1511
45 S 0 0 0 13 96 356 840 1272 1472 1510 1511 1511 1511
50 M 0 0 0 2 25 139 329 280 93 8 0 0 875
50 S 0 0 0 2 27 166 495 774 867 875 875 875 875
55 M 0 0 0 0 4 55 178 138 29 0 0 0 404
55 S 0 0 0 0 4 59 237 374 404 404 404 404 404
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 13 60 39 4 0 0 0 116
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 13 73 111 116 116 116 116 116
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 0 3 52 148 284 412 375 240 108 12 2 1636
50 S 1 1 4 55 203 487 899 1274 1514 1622 1634 1636 1636
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