BUCKHORN MTN 1 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051060) BUCKHORN MTN 1 E
From Year=1988 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 25 21 74 140 346 598 864 819 554 275 97 24 3836
40 S 25 45 119 259 604 1203 2066 2886 3439 3715 3812 3836 3836
45 M 7 5 29 71 223 452 709 664 412 169 46 6 2793
45 S 7 12 41 112 335 786 1495 2159 2572 2741 2787 2793 2793
50 M 1 0 8 29 123 312 554 511 282 89 16 0 1925
50 S 1 1 10 38 161 473 1027 1538 1820 1909 1925 1925 1925
55 M 0 0 1 9 53 187 403 359 170 38 3 0 1223
55 S 0 0 1 10 63 250 653 1012 1182 1220 1223 1223 1223
60 M 0 0 0 2 17 93 258 218 85 11 0 0 684
60 S 0 0 0 2 19 112 370 588 673 684 684 684 684
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 15 55 94 204 357 554 517 340 172 62 17 2402
50 S 15 30 85 179 383 740 1295 1812 2151 2323 2385 2402 2402
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