MAYBELL, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(055446) MAYBELL
From Year=1958 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 0 1 29 133 361 605 841 779 471 170 14 1 3407
40 S 0 2 31 164 525 1130 1971 2750 3222 3392 3406 3407 3407
45 M 0 0 7 57 224 456 686 624 329 75 2 0 2459
45 S 0 0 7 63 288 743 1429 2053 2382 2457 2459 2459 2459
50 M 0 0 0 18 114 310 531 469 196 22 0 0 1660
50 S 0 0 0 18 132 442 973 1443 1639 1660 1660 1660 1660
55 M 0 0 0 4 40 177 376 316 88 3 0 0 1005
55 S 0 0 0 4 44 221 598 914 1002 1005 1005 1005 1005
60 M 0 0 0 1 7 75 224 170 25 0 0 0 503
60 S 0 0 0 1 8 83 307 477 503 503 503 503 503
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 4 52 153 304 436 553 529 375 210 41 2 2660
50 S 1 4 57 210 514 951 1503 2032 2407 2617 2658 2660 2660
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