PARIA RS, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(426640) PARIA RANGER STATION
From Year=1999 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 14 49 224 426 753 1031 1285 1176 882 500 142 11 6493
40 S 14 63 288 714 1466 2498 3782 4958 5841 6340 6482 6493 6493
45 M 2 11 112 286 598 881 1130 1021 732 348 63 1 5184
45 S 2 13 125 411 1009 1890 3019 4040 4773 5121 5183 5184 5184
50 M 0 0 44 170 447 731 975 866 583 210 17 0 4043
50 S 0 0 45 215 662 1393 2368 3234 3816 4026 4043 4043 4043
55 M 0 0 11 84 304 582 820 711 434 100 2 0 3048
55 S 0 0 11 95 399 981 1801 2512 2946 3046 3048 3048 3048
60 M 0 0 0 28 179 434 665 556 291 37 0 0 2191
60 S 0 0 0 29 208 642 1307 1863 2154 2191 2191 2191 2191
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 21 57 178 296 489 638 803 750 563 329 125 16 4266
50 S 21 78 257 552 1042 1679 2483 3233 3796 4125 4250 4266 4266
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