HOHNHOLZ RCH, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(054054) HOHNHOLZ RANCH
From Year=1985 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 1 1 14 57 205 441 639 563 308 95 12 1 2336
40 S 1 1 15 72 277 718 1357 1920 2228 2323 2335 2336 2336
45 M 0 0 2 16 103 295 484 409 177 31 2 0 1518
45 S 0 0 2 17 120 415 899 1308 1485 1516 1518 1518 1518
50 M 0 0 0 2 36 164 330 256 75 5 0 0 869
50 S 0 0 0 2 38 202 532 788 863 869 869 869 869
55 M 0 0 0 0 7 64 183 116 19 1 0 0 389
55 S 0 0 0 0 7 71 254 370 389 389 389 389 389
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 14 65 27 2 0 0 0 109
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 15 80 107 109 109 109 109 109
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 2 29 87 198 344 458 425 297 147 28 1 2018
50 S 1 4 32 119 317 661 1119 1545 1842 1989 2017 2018 2018
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