HERMIT 7 ESE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(053951) HERMIT 7 ESE
From Year=1920 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 0 13 117 314 504 455 247 53 1 0 1705
40 S 0 0 1 14 131 445 949 1404 1652 1704 1705 1705 1705
45 M 0 0 0 1 32 174 350 300 116 9 0 0 982
45 S 0 0 0 1 33 207 557 857 973 982 982 982 982
50 M 0 0 0 0 4 65 197 151 30 1 0 0 449
50 S 0 0 0 0 4 69 266 418 448 449 449 449 449
55 M 0 0 0 0 0 12 66 40 3 0 0 0 121
55 S 0 0 0 0 0 12 78 118 121 121 121 121 121
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 12
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 12 12 12 12 12
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 9 46 164 304 387 348 258 139 26 2 1685
50 S 1 2 11 57 220 525 912 1260 1518 1657 1683 1685 1685
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