OGDEN SUGAR FACTORY, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(426414) OGDEN SUGAR FACTORY
From Year=1924 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 5 23 116 308 583 821 1111 1048 717 390 79 12 5213
40 S 5 28 144 452 1035 1856 2968 4015 4732 5122 5201 5213 5213
45 M 1 5 47 187 432 671 956 893 567 251 28 3 4041
45 S 1 5 52 240 672 1343 2299 3192 3759 4011 4038 4041 4041
50 M 0 0 13 96 292 522 801 738 422 137 6 0 3027
50 S 0 1 14 110 402 924 1725 2463 2884 3021 3026 3027 3027
55 M 0 0 2 39 171 377 646 583 285 56 0 0 2160
55 S 0 0 2 41 212 590 1236 1819 2103 2160 2160 2160 2160
60 M 0 0 0 11 83 245 492 429 165 15 0 0 1440
60 S 0 0 0 12 94 339 831 1260 1425 1440 1440 1440 1440
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 15 80 198 365 515 701 667 464 264 57 7 3335
50 S 2 18 98 296 661 1176 1876 2544 3007 3271 3328 3335 3335
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

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