LIMON 10 SSW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(055015) LIMON 10 SSW
From Year=1907 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 13 23 71 217 473 748 960 909 643 340 78 18 4493
40 S 13 36 107 324 797 1545 2506 3414 4057 4397 4475 4493 4493
45 M 3 6 26 116 329 599 805 754 495 213 29 4 3378
45 S 3 9 34 151 479 1078 1883 2637 3133 3346 3375 3378 3378
50 M 0 1 7 48 202 450 650 599 353 111 6 1 2428
50 S 0 1 8 56 258 708 1359 1958 2311 2421 2427 2428 2428
55 M 0 0 1 13 103 307 496 445 222 42 0 0 1629
55 S 0 0 1 14 117 424 920 1364 1586 1628 1629 1629 1629
60 M 0 0 0 2 38 179 342 293 112 10 0 0 976
60 S 0 0 0 2 40 219 561 854 966 976 976 976 976
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 39 89 184 318 467 606 575 419 261 95 34 3116
50 S 29 68 157 341 659 1125 1732 2307 2726 2987 3082 3116 3116
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