CAMPO 7 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051268) CAMPO 7 S
From Year=1954 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 51 77 211 412 710 969 1158 1096 806 480 169 52 6193
40 S 51 129 340 752 1462 2431 3589 4685 5491 5971 6141 6193 6193
45 M 17 32 121 282 558 819 1003 941 657 340 90 19 4879
45 S 17 49 170 452 1010 1829 2832 3773 4430 4770 4860 4879 4879
50 M 4 10 58 170 410 669 848 786 511 215 38 4 3723
50 S 4 13 71 241 651 1320 2168 2954 3465 3680 3718 3723 3723
55 M 0 2 21 87 273 520 693 631 369 114 11 0 2721
55 S 0 2 23 110 383 903 1595 2227 2596 2710 2721 2721 2721
60 M 0 0 6 34 156 374 538 477 239 45 2 0 1870
60 S 0 0 6 39 196 569 1107 1584 1823 1868 1870 1870 1870
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 79 96 194 299 448 603 729 697 510 338 159 75 4225
50 S 79 175 369 667 1116 1718 2447 3144 3654 3992 4150 4225 4225
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