GORE PASS RCH, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(053423) GORE PASS RANCH
From Year=1957 To Year=1963
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 1 3 51 229 442 601 569 283 93 7 0 2278
40 S 0 1 4 55 284 725 1326 1895 2178 2272 2278 2278 2278
45 M 0 0 0 13 100 292 446 414 153 26 1 0 1446
45 S 0 0 0 13 114 406 852 1265 1418 1445 1446 1446 1446
50 M 0 0 0 1 26 150 291 259 54 3 0 0 785
50 S 0 0 0 1 27 177 468 727 781 785 785 785 785
55 M 0 0 0 0 2 46 142 115 8 0 0 0 313
55 S 0 0 0 0 2 48 190 306 313 313 313 313 313
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 20 0 0 0 0 51
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 51 51 51 51 51 51
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 11 82 237 367 452 427 299 174 24 0 2076
50 S 0 2 14 96 332 699 1151 1578 1877 2051 2075 2076 2076
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