PRICE BLM, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427026) PRICE WAREHOUSES
From Year=1968 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 1 15 84 281 550 844 1059 1014 716 352 57 2 4974
40 S 1 16 100 381 931 1774 2833 3847 4563 4915 4972 4974 4974
45 M 0 3 30 163 397 694 904 859 566 219 18 0 3853
45 S 0 3 33 196 593 1287 2191 3049 3616 3835 3853 3853 3853
50 M 0 1 8 76 257 544 749 704 419 115 3 0 2875
50 S 0 1 9 84 341 886 1635 2338 2757 2872 2875 2875 2875
55 M 0 0 1 27 139 399 594 549 278 51 0 0 2038
55 S 0 0 1 28 168 566 1160 1709 1987 2038 2038 2038 2038
60 M 0 0 0 7 58 262 439 394 153 16 0 0 1329
60 S 0 0 0 7 64 327 766 1160 1313 1329 1329 1329 1329
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 16 74 204 355 540 678 650 462 236 48 4 3271
50 S 3 19 94 298 653 1193 1872 2522 2984 3220 3267 3271 3271
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