ESCALANTE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422592) ESCALANTE
From Year=1901 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 4 19 94 254 509 764 976 903 641 346 64 5 4579
40 S 4 23 117 371 880 1644 2619 3523 4164 4510 4574 4579 4579
45 M 0 4 33 138 358 614 821 748 492 209 17 1 3435
45 S 0 4 37 176 534 1148 1969 2717 3209 3417 3434 3435 3435
50 M 0 1 8 57 220 464 666 593 345 99 2 0 2455
50 S 0 1 8 66 286 750 1416 2009 2354 2453 2455 2455 2455
55 M 0 0 1 15 108 318 511 438 206 32 0 0 1630
55 S 0 0 1 16 124 442 953 1391 1597 1630 1630 1630 1630
60 M 0 0 0 2 36 185 356 284 93 5 0 0 961
60 S 0 0 0 2 38 223 580 864 956 961 961 961 961
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 9 27 100 206 355 495 612 574 430 265 78 10 3162
50 S 9 36 136 342 697 1192 1804 2378 2808 3073 3151 3162 3162
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