MONTEZUMA CREEK, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(425795) MONTEZUMA CREEK
From Year=1948 To Year=1956
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	5	27	189	438	731	955	854	672	346	46	1	4267
40 S	3	8	35	224	662	1393	2349	3202	3875	4221	4267	4267	4267
45 M	0	0	6	89	298	581	800	699	522	214	8	0	3217
45 S	0	0	6	95	393	974	1774	2473	2995	3209	3217	3217	3217
50 M	0	0	0	28	174	433	645	544	372	106	0	0	2302
50 S	0	0	0	28	202	635	1280	1824	2197	2302	2302	2302	2302
55 M	0	0	0	4	73	291	490	389	227	30	0	0	1504
55 S	0	0	0	4	77	368	858	1247	1474	1504	1504	1504	1504
60 M	0	0	0	0	17	164	335	236	102	2	0	0	856
60 S	0	0	0	0	17	181	516	752	854	856	856	856	856

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	4	5	34	150	299	471	603	543	438	246	46	0	2840
50 S	4	9	43	193	492	964	1566	2109	2547	2794	2839	2840	2840

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