PARK CITY G C, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(426648) PARK CITY RADIO
From Year=1896 To Year=1991
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 2 15 112 324 561 807 750 471 198 25 2 3268
40 S 0 2 17 130 454 1015 1822 2572 3043 3242 3267 3268 3268
45 M 0 0 3 51 198 416 653 595 331 96 5 0 2347
45 S 0 0 3 54 252 668 1321 1915 2246 2342 2347 2347 2347
50 M 0 0 0 17 100 280 499 440 201 31 0 0 1569
50 S 0 0 0 17 117 397 896 1336 1537 1568 1569 1569 1569
55 M 0 0 0 3 37 161 347 288 96 4 0 0 937
55 S 0 0 0 3 40 201 549 837 933 937 937 937 937
60 M 0 0 0 0 8 72 204 148 31 0 0 0 463
60 S 0 0 0 0 8 80 284 432 463 463 463 463 463
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 16 93 222 373 525 482 319 153 27 2 2214
50 S 1 4 19 112 334 706 1232 1714 2032 2185 2212 2214 2214
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