SALINA 24 E, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427559) SALINA 24 E
From Year=1986 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 0 1 26 102 298 532 774 723 453 200 11 1 3122
40 S 0 1 27 129 428 960 1733 2457 2909 3110 3121 3122 3122
45 M 0 0 6 41 175 387 619 568 310 100 1 0 2208
45 S 0 0 6 47 222 609 1228 1796 2107 2207 2208 2208 2208
50 M 0 0 1 11 82 251 465 413 181 37 0 0 1442
50 S 0 0 1 13 95 346 811 1224 1405 1442 1442 1442 1442
55 M 0 0 0 1 26 133 314 260 80 8 0 0 822
55 S 0 0 0 1 27 160 474 734 814 822 822 822 822
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 49 174 120 23 0 0 0 373
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 55 229 349 372 373 373 373 373
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 20 69 184 329 486 435 273 130 8 0 1936
50 S 0 1 22 91 275 605 1090 1525 1798 1928 1936 1936 1936
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