GOLD HILL, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(423260) GOLD HILL
From Year=1966 To Year=1990
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	18	39	128	283	566	861	1164	1097	734	388	85	20	5382
40 S	18	57	185	468	1033	1894	3058	4155	4889	5277	5362	5382	5382
45 M	5	12	56	169	416	711	1009	942	585	253	34	6	4199
45 S	5	18	73	242	659	1369	2378	3321	3906	4159	4193	4199	4199
50 M	1	3	18	85	280	561	854	787	441	141	9	1	3181
50 S	1	4	22	107	387	948	1802	2589	3030	3171	3180	3181	3181
55 M	0	0	4	36	165	416	699	633	306	64	1	0	2325
55 S	0	0	4	41	206	622	1321	1954	2259	2323	2325	2325	2325
60 M	0	0	0	13	83	284	544	480	187	21	0	0	1612
60 S	0	0	0	13	96	380	924	1403	1591	1612	1612	1612	1612

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	10	20	80	180	353	548	752	720	471	227	47	11	3418
50 S	10	30	110	290	642	1190	1942	2662	3133	3360	3407	3418	3418

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