MEXICAN HAT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(425582) MEXICAN HAT
From Year=1948 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	13	64	226	452	782	1061	1308	1223	917	543	142	15	6745
40 S	13	77	303	755	1537	2597	3905	5128	6045	6588	6731	6745	6745
45 M	2	17	113	308	627	911	1153	1068	767	393	57	2	5417
45 S	2	19	132	441	1067	1978	3131	4199	4966	5359	5415	5417	5417
50 M	0	2	42	183	473	761	998	913	617	253	14	0	4255
50 S	0	2	44	227	700	1461	2458	3371	3988	4241	4255	4255	4255
55 M	0	0	10	88	325	611	843	758	468	134	1	0	3237
55 S	0	0	10	97	422	1033	1876	2634	3102	3236	3237	3237	3237
60 M	0	0	2	28	194	462	688	603	323	52	0	0	2351
60 S	0	0	2	30	224	685	1373	1976	2299	2351	2351	2351	2351

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	22	73	191	321	500	647	805	768	582	378	129	25	4441
50 S	22	95	286	607	1106	1753	2559	3327	3909	4287	4416	4441	4441

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