SALINA 24 E, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427559) SALINA 24 E
From Year=1986 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 0 1 26 102 293 549 787 736 460 189 16 1 3160
40 S 0 1 28 129 423 972 1758 2494 2954 3144 3159 3160 3160
45 M 0 0 6 42 172 403 632 581 318 91 2 0 2247
45 S 0 0 6 48 220 623 1255 1835 2153 2245 2246 2247 2247
50 M 0 0 1 12 81 266 477 426 188 33 0 0 1483
50 S 0 0 1 13 93 359 836 1262 1450 1483 1483 1483 1483
55 M 0 0 0 2 27 146 326 272 84 7 0 0 864
55 S 0 0 0 2 29 175 501 773 856 864 864 864 864
60 M 0 0 0 0 6 59 183 131 24 1 0 0 404
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 66 249 379 403 404 404 404 404
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 20 69 182 340 494 445 277 121 11 1 1961
50 S 0 1 22 90 272 612 1107 1552 1828 1950 1960 1961 1961
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