LA VETA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(054865) LA VETA
From Year=1963 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 40 7 39 161 387 607 897 801 511 292 98 8 3847
40 S 40 46 85 247 634 1241 2138 2939 3449 3742 3839 3847 3847
45 M 14 0 10 68 245 457 742 646 363 162 28 2 2738
45 S 14 15 25 93 338 796 1538 2183 2546 2707 2736 2738 2738
50 M 3 0 1 23 128 308 587 491 222 71 2 0 1836
50 S 3 3 4 27 155 463 1050 1541 1762 1833 1836 1836 1836
55 M 0 0 0 6 46 172 432 339 105 23 0 0 1123
55 S 0 0 0 6 52 223 655 995 1100 1123 1123 1123 1123
60 M 0 0 0 1 10 70 277 196 31 3 0 0 588
60 S 0 0 0 1 11 81 358 554 585 588 588 588 588
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 44 31 51 122 274 406 578 521 346 256 128 15 2772
50 S 44 75 127 248 522 928 1506 2027 2373 2629 2757 2772 2772
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