PRICE GAME FARM, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427015) PRICE GAME FARM
From Year=1889 To Year=1968
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 9 71 262 534 790 1030 953 683 362 48 1 4744
40 S 1 10 81 343 877 1667 2697 3649 4332 4695 4743 4744 4744
45 M 0 1 21 147 384 640 875 798 533 223 11 0 3634
45 S 0 1 22 169 553 1193 2068 2866 3399 3622 3633 3634 3634
50 M 0 0 3 65 246 491 720 643 386 110 1 0 2665
50 S 0 0 3 68 314 805 1525 2167 2553 2664 2665 2665 2665
55 M 0 0 0 21 129 345 565 488 245 39 0 0 1831
55 S 0 0 0 21 150 495 1060 1548 1793 1831 1831 1831 1831
60 M 0 0 0 4 48 211 410 334 122 7 0 0 1135
60 S 0 0 0 4 51 262 672 1006 1128 1135 1135 1135 1135
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 17 79 209 362 506 649 608 456 285 69 6 3247
50 S 2 19 97 307 669 1175 1823 2431 2887 3172 3241 3247 3247
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