PUEBLO MEM AP, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(056740) PUEBLO WSO AP
From Year=1954 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 26 47 149 348 650 923 1134 1059 764 413 114 32 5658
40 S 26 73 222 569 1219 2143 3277 4336 5099 5512 5626 5658 5658
45 M 7 16 70 221 497 773 979 904 615 276 49 9 4416
45 S 7 23 92 314 811 1584 2563 3467 4082 4357 4407 4416 4416
50 M 1 4 25 118 349 623 824 749 468 158 15 2 3335
50 S 1 5 30 147 496 1120 1944 2692 3161 3318 3333 3335 3335
55 M 0 0 6 48 215 474 669 594 327 73 2 0 2408
55 S 0 0 6 54 269 743 1412 2005 2333 2405 2407 2408 2408
60 M 0 0 1 13 106 329 514 439 198 24 0 0 1624
60 S 0 0 1 13 119 449 963 1402 1600 1624 1624 1624 1624
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 61 82 165 269 417 566 705 667 483 319 140 67 3941
50 S 61 143 308 577 995 1560 2266 2933 3416 3735 3874 3941 3941
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