COCHETOPA CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051713) COCHETOPA CREEK
From Year=1909 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 6 62 240 473 677 622 376 111 5 0 2571
40 S 0 0 6 68 308 781 1457 2079 2456 2566 2571 2571 2571
45 M 0 0 1 17 122 326 522 467 235 36 1 0 1725
45 S 0 0 1 18 139 465 987 1454 1689 1725 1725 1725 1725
50 M 0 0 0 2 41 189 367 313 114 7 0 0 1032
50 S 0 0 0 2 43 232 599 912 1025 1032 1032 1032 1032
55 M 0 0 0 0 7 79 214 164 36 0 0 0 501
55 S 0 0 0 0 7 86 300 464 501 501 501 501 501
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 17 79 51 6 0 0 0 154
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 18 97 148 154 154 154 154 154
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 21 103 245 388 479 449 336 186 30 0 2238
50 S 0 1 21 124 369 757 1236 1685 2022 2208 2238 2238 2238
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