SOLDIER SUMMIT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427959) SOLDIER SUMMIT
From Year=1893 To Year=2002
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	0	3	66	225	414	652	607	352	122	7	0	2450
40 S	0	0	4	70	295	709	1362	1968	2320	2443	2450	2450	2450
45 M	0	0	0	23	115	273	498	452	213	48	2	0	1625
45 S	0	0	0	23	137	411	908	1361	1574	1623	1625	1625	1625
50 M	0	0	0	6	41	149	344	300	98	17	1	0	958
50 S	0	0	0	6	47	196	541	841	939	956	958	958	958
55 M	0	0	0	2	9	58	196	156	28	10	1	0	461
55 S	0	0	0	2	11	69	265	421	449	460	461	461	461
60 M	0	0	0	1	2	14	73	48	4	7	1	0	150
60 S	0	0	0	1	3	17	89	138	142	149	150	150	150

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	1	11	86	215	347	472	438	306	157	21	1	2055
50 S	0	1	12	98	313	661	1132	1570	1876	2033	2054	2055	2055

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