KIM 10SSE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(054546) KIM 10 SSE
From Year=1988 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 27 42 165 318 598 845 1018 948 686 380 133 30 5189
40 S 27 69 234 552 1150 1995 3013 3961 4647 5026 5159 5189 5189
45 M 7 12 83 200 448 695 863 793 538 247 62 8 3956
45 S 7 19 103 302 751 1446 2308 3101 3639 3886 3948 3956 3956
50 M 1 2 33 106 307 545 708 638 393 134 21 1 2889
50 S 1 3 36 143 450 995 1703 2341 2733 2867 2888 2889 2889
55 M 0 0 9 44 180 398 553 483 255 56 4 0 1981
55 S 0 0 9 54 233 631 1183 1667 1922 1978 1981 1981 1981
60 M 0 0 1 12 83 256 398 329 136 15 0 0 1230
60 S 0 0 1 13 96 351 749 1079 1214 1229 1230 1230 1230
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 59 71 162 241 380 531 660 615 434 286 139 56 3634
50 S 59 130 293 534 914 1445 2104 2720 3153 3439 3578 3634 3634
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