CABIN CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051186) CABIN CREEK
From Year=1968 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 3 19 121 338 501 449 256 75 8 0 1770
40 S 0 0 3 22 143 481 981 1431 1686 1761 1769 1770 1770
45 M 0 0 0 3 43 204 346 295 132 21 1 0 1045
45 S 0 0 0 3 46 250 596 892 1024 1044 1045 1045 1045
50 M 0 0 0 0 9 95 197 148 45 2 0 0 496
50 S 0 0 0 0 9 105 301 449 494 496 496 496 496
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 28 72 40 7 0 0 0 147
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 29 101 140 147 147 147 147 147
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 3 0 0 0 0 17
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 17 17 17 17 17 17
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 0 4 17 87 217 300 268 170 59 7 1 1131
50 S 1 1 5 22 109 326 626 894 1064 1123 1130 1131 1131
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