CEDAR CITY POWERHOUSE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(421272) CEDAR CITY POWERHOUSE
From Year=1928 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 11 25 97 279 528 793 1038 981 722 387 100 23 4987
40 S 11 36 134 413 942 1735 2773 3755 4477 4864 4964 4987 4987
45 M 2 5 36 166 382 643 883 826 573 253 41 6 3816
45 S 2 7 43 209 590 1234 2117 2943 3516 3769 3810 3816 3816
50 M 0 0 7 82 247 495 728 671 427 141 12 0 2811
50 S 0 0 8 90 337 832 1560 2231 2658 2799 2811 2811 2811
55 M 0 0 1 31 135 352 573 516 286 60 3 0 1956
55 S 0 0 1 31 166 518 1091 1607 1893 1953 1956 1956 1956
60 M 0 0 0 7 54 219 418 362 161 15 1 0 1237
60 S 0 0 0 7 61 280 699 1061 1222 1236 1237 1237 1237
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 21 82 196 346 514 680 647 472 262 85 24 3340
50 S 10 32 114 309 655 1169 1849 2496 2968 3231 3316 3340 3340
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