LA SAL, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(424946) LA SAL
From Year=1901 To Year=1978
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 3 41 177 413 680 899 842 578 275 41 3 3951
40 S 1 4 45 222 634 1314 2212 3055 3633 3908 3949 3951 3951
45 M 0 0 11 84 272 530 744 687 431 156 10 0 2925
45 S 0 0 12 96 368 898 1642 2329 2760 2915 2925 2925 2925
50 M 0 0 2 29 150 384 589 532 289 68 2 0 2046
50 S 0 0 2 32 182 565 1154 1687 1976 2044 2046 2046 2046
55 M 0 0 0 7 61 246 434 377 161 19 0 0 1305
55 S 0 0 0 7 68 314 748 1125 1286 1305 1305 1305 1305
60 M 0 0 0 1 17 129 281 226 63 3 0 0 719
60 S 0 0 0 1 17 146 427 653 716 719 719 719 719
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 4 38 134 274 438 578 538 368 203 46 5 2628
50 S 1 6 44 178 452 890 1468 2007 2374 2577 2623 2628 2628
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