WENDOVER WSO AIRPORT, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(429382) WENDOVER WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1924 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 7 23 128 341 659 908 1232 1154 785 392 60 9 5697
40 S 7 30 158 499 1159 2067 3299 4452 5237 5629 5689 5697 5697
45 M 2 5 52 212 506 758 1077 999 635 252 19 2 4518
45 S 2 6 59 271 777 1535 2612 3611 4246 4497 4516 4518 4518
50 M 0 1 15 113 360 609 922 844 487 136 4 0 3490
50 S 0 1 16 128 488 1097 2019 2862 3349 3485 3489 3490 3490
55 M 0 0 3 48 230 461 767 689 344 59 0 0 2600
55 S 0 0 3 51 281 742 1509 2197 2541 2600 2600 2600 2600
60 M 0 0 0 16 127 322 612 534 215 18 0 0 1843
60 S 0 0 0 16 142 464 1076 1610 1825 1843 1843 1843 1843
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 13 75 190 391 583 817 769 493 216 30 4 3587
50 S 4 18 93 283 674 1257 2075 2843 3336 3553 3582 3587 3587
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