BRYCE CANYON NATL PK HD, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421008) BRYCE CANYON NATL PK HD
From Year=1959 To Year=2006
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 12 71 247 493 716 647 397 148 10 0 2742
40 S 0 1 13 84 331 824 1540 2188 2584 2732 2742 2742 2742
45 M 0 0 1 22 130 346 561 492 255 59 0 0 1867
45 S 0 0 1 23 153 499 1060 1553 1808 1867 1867 1867 1867
50 M 0 0 0 3 49 212 407 338 131 14 0 0 1153
50 S 0 0 0 4 53 264 671 1009 1139 1153 1153 1153 1153
55 M 0 0 0 0 12 102 253 188 45 1 0 0 600
55 S 0 0 0 0 12 114 367 554 599 600 600 600 600
60 M 0 0 0 0 2 33 114 67 8 0 0 0 224
60 S 0 0 0 0 2 35 149 216 224 224 224 224 224
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 22 86 213 358 469 421 294 155 25 3 2051
50 S 1 5 27 113 326 684 1153 1574 1868 2023 2048 2051 2051
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