EDGEWATER, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(052557) EDGEWATER
From Year=1908 To Year=1962
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	27	44	115	276	515	802	1004	957	671	365	112	39	4925
40 S	27	71	186	462	976	1778	2782	3738	4410	4775	4886	4925	4925
45 M	7	14	49	166	369	652	849	802	525	233	46	12	3724
45 S	7	21	71	237	606	1258	2107	2908	3433	3666	3712	3724	3724
50 M	1	3	15	84	237	503	694	647	382	124	14	3	2706
50 S	1	5	19	103	340	843	1537	2184	2565	2689	2703	2706	2706
55 M	0	0	3	31	128	357	539	492	247	49	2	0	1849
55 S	0	1	3	34	162	520	1059	1550	1797	1846	1848	1849	1849
60 M	0	0	0	7	52	222	385	338	131	12	0	0	1147
60 S	0	0	0	8	59	281	666	1005	1135	1147	1147	1147	1147

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	40	59	115	209	340	503	629	605	442	278	120	49	3389
50 S	40	98	214	423	763	1266	1895	2500	2942	3220	3339	3389	3389

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