UINTALANDS, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(428900) UINTALANDS
From Year=1977 To Year=1989
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	4	32	136	358	553	527	287	76	5	0	1978
40 S	0	1	4	36	172	531	1084	1611	1897	1973	1978	1978	1978
45 M	0	0	1	8	60	224	398	373	167	22	0	0	1253
45 S	0	0	1	9	68	292	691	1064	1230	1252	1253	1253	1253
50 M	0	0	0	1	13	110	247	223	70	3	0	0	666
50 S	0	0	0	1	14	124	370	593	663	666	666	666	666
55 M	0	0	0	0	0	34	108	91	15	0	0	0	247
55 S	0	0	0	0	0	34	142	232	247	247	247	247	247
60 M	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	15	1	0	0	0	42
60 S	0	0	0	0	0	4	26	41	42	42	42	42	42

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	2	7	39	120	267	372	358	220	90	10	2	1488
50 S	2	3	11	49	170	437	809	1167	1386	1476	1486	1488	1488

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