CANYONLANDS THE NECK, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421163) CANYONLANDS THE NECK
From Year=1965 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 6 29 155 332 654 955 1182 1107 802 442 98 6 5768
40 S 6 36 190 522 1176 2131 3313 4420 5221 5663 5762 5768 5768
45 M 1 7 75 211 502 805 1027 952 652 303 41 1 4576
45 S 1 8 83 294 796 1601 2628 3580 4232 4535 4576 4576 4576
50 M 0 1 29 116 359 655 872 797 505 184 12 0 3529
50 S 0 1 30 146 505 1160 2032 2829 3333 3517 3529 3529 3529
55 M 0 0 7 51 232 507 717 642 362 94 2 0 2614
55 S 0 0 7 58 290 798 1515 2156 2519 2613 2614 2614 2614
60 M 0 0 1 16 128 365 562 487 230 37 0 0 1825
60 S 0 0 1 17 144 509 1071 1558 1788 1825 1825 1825 1825
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 14 89 196 405 631 789 745 515 249 47 2 3684
50 S 2 16 104 301 706 1337 2126 2871 3386 3635 3682 3684 3684
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