WENDOVER USAF AUX FLD, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(429382) WENDOVER WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1911 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 6 23 134 346 660 918 1233 1152 785 392 65 8 5721
40 S 6 29 162 508 1168 2085 3318 4470 5255 5648 5713 5721 5721
45 M 1 5 56 216 506 768 1078 997 636 251 21 2 4536
45 S 1 6 62 278 785 1553 2630 3627 4263 4513 4535 4536 4536
50 M 0 1 17 115 360 618 923 842 487 135 5 0 3502
50 S 0 1 18 133 492 1110 2033 2875 3362 3497 3502 3502 3502
55 M 0 0 3 50 229 470 768 687 344 57 1 0 2609
55 S 0 0 3 53 282 752 1520 2207 2551 2608 2609 2609 2609
60 M 0 0 0 16 126 331 613 532 215 18 0 0 1850
60 S 0 0 0 16 142 473 1086 1618 1833 1850 1850 1850 1850
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 15 82 198 394 589 812 764 496 223 36 5 3616
50 S 4 19 100 298 692 1281 2093 2856 3353 3576 3612 3616 3616
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