MOUNTAIN VIEW, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(486555) MOUNTAIN VIEW
From Year=1966 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 1 20 96 293 523 755 708 437 174 19 1 3029
40 S 1 2 22 119 411 935 1689 2398 2835 3009 3028 3029 3029
45 M 0 0 3 37 168 376 600 553 297 81 3 0 2120
45 S 0 0 4 41 209 586 1185 1739 2036 2117 2120 2120 2120
50 M 0 0 0 11 77 240 445 399 170 27 0 0 1369
50 S 0 0 0 11 88 328 773 1172 1342 1369 1369 1369 1369
55 M 0 0 0 2 24 125 291 248 72 5 0 0 767
55 S 0 0 0 2 26 151 442 690 762 767 767 767 767
60 M 0 0 0 0 4 44 146 112 18 0 0 0 324
60 S 0 0 0 0 4 48 194 306 324 324 324 324 324
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 27 95 221 351 491 467 314 151 26 2 2147
50 S 1 3 30 125 345 697 1188 1655 1968 2119 2145 2147 2147
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 Oct 31, 2012
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