BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(420699) BINGHAM CANYON
From Year=1948 To Year=1974
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	7	13	55	168	456	695	995	928	652	340	72	7	4389
40 S	7	20	75	244	699	1394	2390	3318	3970	4310	4382	4389	4389
45 M	0	3	19	84	317	547	840	773	505	215	25	1	3329
45 S	0	3	23	107	424	970	1810	2584	3089	3303	3329	3329	3329
50 M	0	0	4	33	197	403	686	618	362	116	6	0	2426
50 S	0	0	5	38	235	638	1323	1942	2304	2420	2426	2426	2426
55 M	0	0	0	9	104	270	531	465	233	48	1	0	1661
55 S	0	0	0	9	114	384	915	1379	1612	1660	1661	1661	1661
60 M	0	0	0	1	43	157	376	314	123	11	0	0	1026
60 S	0	0	0	1	44	201	577	891	1015	1026	1026	1026	1026

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	5	29	92	256	425	671	615	393	176	27	2	2693
50 S	2	7	36	128	385	810	1481	2096	2488	2664	2691	2693	2693

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 Jul 28, 2006
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