SPANISH FORK PWR HOUSE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(428119) SPANISH FORK PWR HOUSE
From Year=1928 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 31 134 327 605 853 1128 1064 761 434 108 17 5470
40 S 9 40 174 501 1106 1959 3087 4151 4911 5345 5453 5470 5470
45 M 1 8 60 204 455 703 973 909 611 294 45 3 4265
45 S 1 9 69 272 727 1430 2403 3311 3922 4216 4261 4265 4265
50 M 0 1 20 107 313 554 818 754 464 173 12 0 3216
50 S 0 1 21 129 442 995 1813 2567 3031 3204 3216 3216 3216
55 M 0 0 4 45 190 408 663 599 323 81 2 0 2312
55 S 0 0 4 48 238 646 1308 1907 2230 2311 2312 2312 2312
60 M 0 0 0 13 94 271 508 444 194 25 0 0 1550
60 S 0 0 0 13 107 378 886 1330 1524 1549 1550 1550 1550
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 5 20 96 218 384 534 702 676 488 277 68 9 3476
50 S 5 24 120 338 722 1255 1957 2633 3122 3399 3467 3476 3476
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