FT LUPTON 2 SE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(053027) FORT LUPTON 2 SE
From Year=1910 To Year=1976
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 12 29 88 257 540 811 1029 966 649 344 70 17 4814
40 S 12 41 129 387 927 1738 2767 3734 4383 4727 4797 4814 4814
45 M 3 9 35 147 391 662 874 811 502 214 24 5 3676
45 S 3 11 46 194 585 1246 2120 2932 3434 3648 3671 3676 3676
50 M 0 2 10 68 253 513 719 656 359 109 4 1 2694
50 S 0 2 12 80 333 846 1565 2221 2580 2689 2693 2694 2694
55 M 0 0 2 23 137 367 564 501 226 40 1 0 1860
55 S 0 0 2 24 161 529 1093 1594 1820 1860 1860 1860 1860
60 M 0 0 0 4 56 231 410 347 115 8 0 0 1172
60 S 0 0 0 4 60 291 701 1048 1163 1172 1172 1172 1172
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 24 40 100 207 354 499 636 605 427 266 88 31 3279
50 S 24 65 164 371 725 1224 1860 2465 2893 3159 3247 3279 3279
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