OREM TREATMENT PLANT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(426538) OREM TREATMENT PLANT
From Year=1982 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 11 29 169 371 657 914 1151 1099 760 410 99 14 5682
40 S 11 39 208 579 1236 2150 3301 4400 5160 5569 5668 5682 5682
45 M 2 7 79 239 505 764 996 944 610 268 38 3 4454
45 S 2 8 87 326 831 1595 2591 3535 4145 4413 4451 4454 4454
50 M 0 1 29 128 360 614 841 789 463 147 9 0 3381
50 S 0 1 29 158 518 1132 1974 2763 3225 3372 3381 3381 3381
55 M 0 0 8 55 233 466 686 634 321 61 1 0 2465
55 S 0 0 8 63 295 761 1448 2082 2403 2464 2465 2465 2465
60 M 0 0 1 17 129 324 532 479 193 18 0 0 1692
60 S 0 0 1 18 147 471 1003 1482 1674 1692 1692 1692 1692
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 12 100 220 407 584 750 725 483 248 50 5 3587
50 S 3 15 115 335 742 1326 2076 2802 3285 3532 3582 3587 3587
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