RICHFIELD RADIO KSVC, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427260) RICHFIELD RADIO KSVC
From Year=1893 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 8 22 99 245 487 729 965 909 620 313 67 11 4476
40 S 8 30 129 374 861 1590 2555 3465 4084 4397 4464 4476 4476
45 M 1 4 34 132 338 579 810 754 471 181 20 2 3328
45 S 1 5 40 172 510 1089 1899 2654 3124 3305 3325 3328 3328
50 M 0 1 8 54 204 430 655 599 326 80 4 0 2361
50 S 0 1 9 62 266 696 1352 1951 2277 2357 2360 2361 2361
55 M 0 0 1 14 97 287 500 445 192 23 0 0 1559
55 S 0 0 1 16 112 399 900 1344 1536 1559 1559 1559 1559
60 M 0 0 0 2 31 159 346 291 83 3 0 0 916
60 S 0 0 0 2 33 193 539 830 913 916 916 916 916
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 36 119 220 362 489 603 580 451 290 105 23 3291
50 S 15 50 169 390 751 1240 1843 2423 2874 3164 3268 3291 3291
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