SALIDA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057370) SALIDA
From Year=1897 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 5 12 49 165 389 621 805 747 509 240 49 8 3600
40 S 5 17 66 232 621 1242 2047 2794 3303 3542 3592 3600 3600
45 M 1 2 12 72 246 471 650 592 362 119 13 1 2540
45 S 1 3 15 87 332 803 1454 2045 2407 2526 2539 2540 2540
50 M 0 0 2 19 123 322 495 437 219 39 2 0 1659
50 S 0 0 2 21 144 466 962 1399 1618 1657 1659 1659 1659
55 M 0 0 0 2 39 183 341 283 96 7 0 0 952
55 S 0 0 0 3 42 225 566 848 945 952 952 952 952
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 72 189 135 24 1 0 0 427
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 79 268 402 427 427 427 427 427
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 28 78 169 305 437 526 499 387 248 88 19 2799
50 S 15 43 121 290 595 1031 1558 2057 2443 2691 2779 2799 2799
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