LITTLE SAHARA DUNES, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(425138) LITTLE SAHARA DUNES
From Year=1979 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 3 14 83 228 502 780 1052 1004 659 303 47 5 4680
40 S 3 17 100 328 830 1610 2662 3666 4325 4628 4675 4680 4680
45 M 0 2 31 125 356 630 897 849 511 176 16 0 3593
45 S 0 2 32 158 514 1144 2042 2890 3401 3578 3593 3593 3593
50 M 0 0 10 54 227 482 742 694 368 83 2 0 2663
50 S 0 0 10 64 291 773 1515 2209 2578 2660 2663 2663 2663
55 M 0 0 2 17 125 341 588 539 236 29 0 0 1877
55 S 0 0 2 19 144 485 1073 1612 1848 1877 1877 1877 1877
60 M 0 0 0 3 54 212 434 385 124 6 0 0 1219
60 S 0 0 0 4 58 270 704 1089 1213 1219 1219 1219 1219
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 21 91 191 355 503 643 625 455 266 61 10 3226
50 S 6 28 119 310 665 1167 1810 2435 2890 3156 3216 3226 3226
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