SALINA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(427557) SALINA
From Year=1928 To Year=1994
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	23	96	254	517	773	1020	954	656	334	67	9	4712
40 S	8	32	128	382	899	1671	2692	3646	4302	4636	4703	4712	4712
45 M	2	5	36	142	368	623	865	799	507	202	23	2	3575
45 S	2	7	43	185	553	1176	2041	2840	3348	3550	3573	3575	3575
50 M	0	1	9	63	233	473	710	644	362	98	5	0	2599
50 S	0	1	10	73	306	779	1489	2133	2496	2594	2599	2599	2599
55 M	0	0	1	20	121	329	555	489	228	33	1	0	1778
55 S	0	0	1	22	143	472	1027	1516	1744	1777	1778	1778	1778
60 M	0	0	0	4	45	199	401	336	114	6	0	0	1105
60 S	0	0	0	4	50	248	649	985	1099	1105	1105	1105	1105

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	11	33	111	225	377	505	627	600	465	301	89	16	3362
50 S	11	45	156	381	758	1264	1891	2491	2956	3257	3346	3362	3362

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