FLAMING GORGE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(422864) FLAMING GORGE
From Year=1957 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	3	28	136	373	619	866	808	513	221	27	2	3598
40 S	2	5	33	170	543	1162	2027	2835	3348	3570	3596	3598	3598
45 M	0	0	7	60	234	469	711	653	370	112	6	0	2622
45 S	0	0	7	67	301	771	1481	2134	2504	2616	2622	2622	2622
50 M	0	0	1	19	122	324	556	498	235	41	1	0	1797
50 S	0	0	1	20	142	466	1022	1520	1755	1796	1797	1797	1797
55 M	0	0	0	3	46	193	401	345	120	8	0	0	1116
55 S	0	0	0	3	49	242	643	988	1108	1116	1116	1116	1116
60 M	0	0	0	0	9	90	249	197	43	1	0	0	590
60 S	0	0	0	0	10	100	349	546	589	590	590	590	590

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	7	41	129	280	420	559	531	369	201	33	3	2574
50 S	2	9	50	179	459	879	1438	1969	2338	2539	2571	2574	2574

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