EPHRAIM SORENSENS FLD, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422578) EPHRAIM SORENSENS FLD
From Year=1949 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	2	12	71	201	458	722	986	923	623	314	56	4	4373
40 S	2	15	86	287	745	1467	2453	3376	3999	4313	4369	4373	4373
45 M	0	2	24	103	315	573	831	768	475	188	15	0	3295
45 S	0	2	26	130	444	1017	1848	2617	3092	3280	3295	3295	3295
50 M	0	0	5	40	190	425	676	613	333	89	2	0	2373
50 S	0	0	5	45	235	660	1336	1950	2282	2371	2373	2373	2373
55 M	0	0	1	11	93	286	521	459	202	29	0	0	1602
55 S	0	0	1	12	105	391	912	1371	1573	1602	1602	1602	1602
60 M	0	0	0	1	31	164	367	306	96	4	0	0	969
60 S	0	0	0	1	32	197	563	870	965	969	969	969	969

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	3	14	71	160	313	464	613	582	418	250	62	6	2956
50 S	3	17	87	247	561	1025	1637	2219	2637	2888	2950	2956	2956

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