BYERS 5 ENE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051179) BYERS 5 ENE
From Year=1893 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 15 30 101 257 524 808 1038 977 684 364 91 23 4912
40 S 15 44 146 402 926 1735 2773 3750 4434 4798 4889 4912 4912
45 M 3 9 43 149 377 659 883 822 537 235 37 6 3759
45 S 3 12 55 204 581 1240 2122 2945 3481 3716 3753 3759 3759
50 M 0 2 13 71 243 509 728 667 394 128 10 1 2767
50 S 0 2 15 87 330 839 1567 2234 2628 2756 2766 2767 2767
55 M 0 0 3 26 132 364 573 512 259 54 1 0 1925
55 S 0 0 3 29 161 525 1098 1610 1870 1924 1925 1925 1925
60 M 0 0 0 5 55 231 418 359 145 16 0 0 1230
60 S 0 0 0 6 61 292 710 1069 1214 1230 1230 1230 1230
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 31 47 112 208 345 502 644 613 443 284 106 41 3376
50 S 31 78 190 398 743 1245 1889 2502 2945 3229 3335 3376 3376
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