RICHFIELD RADIO KSVC, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427260) RICHFIELD RADIO KSVC
From Year=1893 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 9 22 97 244 486 726 962 906 617 313 66 11 4459
40 S 9 31 128 372 859 1584 2546 3452 4069 4382 4448 4459 4459
45 M 1 4 33 131 338 576 807 751 468 181 19 2 3312
45 S 1 6 39 170 508 1084 1891 2642 3110 3290 3309 3312 3312
50 M 0 1 7 54 203 427 652 596 323 80 3 0 2346
50 S 0 1 8 62 265 692 1344 1940 2263 2343 2346 2346 2346
55 M 0 0 1 14 96 284 497 441 190 23 0 0 1547
55 S 0 0 1 16 112 396 893 1334 1524 1546 1547 1547 1547
60 M 0 0 0 2 31 157 343 288 82 3 0 0 906
60 S 0 0 0 2 33 190 533 821 903 906 906 906 906
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 37 117 220 362 487 601 579 449 291 104 23 3285
50 S 15 52 169 389 751 1238 1839 2417 2867 3158 3262 3285 3285
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