BLUE MESA LAKE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(050797) BLUE MESA LAKE
From Year=1967 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 0 0 11 93 316 555 783 734 472 178 12 0 3155
40 S 0 0 11 104 421 976 1758 2493 2965 3143 3155 3155 3155
45 M 0 0 1 30 183 405 628 579 326 77 2 0 2232
45 S 0 0 1 32 215 620 1248 1827 2153 2231 2232 2232 2232
50 M 0 0 0 5 77 260 473 424 190 22 0 0 1452
50 S 0 0 0 5 83 343 816 1240 1429 1452 1452 1452 1452
55 M 0 0 0 0 19 130 319 271 78 2 0 0 819
55 S 0 0 0 0 19 149 468 739 817 819 819 819 819
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 40 169 127 19 0 0 0 357
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 43 212 338 357 357 357 357 357
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 26 116 265 403 517 483 349 181 32 0 2374
50 S 0 1 27 143 408 811 1328 1812 2161 2341 2373 2374 2374
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