HUGO 1 NW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(054172) HUGO
From Year=1893 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 14 23 110 238 519 797 1015 949 664 318 85 13 4745
40 S 14 37 148 386 905 1701 2716 3665 4329 4647 4732 4745 4745
45 M 3 4 50 134 372 647 860 794 517 200 35 3 3618
45 S 3 7 57 190 563 1210 2069 2863 3380 3580 3615 3618 3618
50 M 0 1 17 60 239 498 705 639 375 105 10 0 2648
50 S 0 1 17 77 316 813 1518 2157 2532 2638 2648 2648 2648
55 M 0 0 3 19 129 352 550 485 242 43 1 0 1824
55 S 0 0 3 22 151 503 1052 1537 1779 1822 1824 1824 1824
60 M 0 0 0 3 52 217 397 331 130 12 0 0 1141
60 S 0 0 0 3 55 272 668 999 1129 1141 1141 1141 1141
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 49 59 146 221 353 492 625 593 435 277 118 47 3415
50 S 49 108 253 474 827 1320 1945 2538 2973 3250 3368 3415 3415
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