SALIDA 3 W, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057371) SALIDA 3 W
From Year=1970 To Year=1984
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 12 41 150 357 656 808 736 518 247 53 12 3596
40 S 6 18 59 209 566 1222 2030 2766 3284 3532 3584 3596 3596
45 M 1 1 11 63 218 507 653 581 372 135 18 2 2563
45 S 1 3 14 77 295 802 1454 2035 2408 2542 2561 2563 2563
50 M 0 0 3 19 103 360 498 426 233 52 4 0 1697
50 S 0 0 3 22 125 485 982 1408 1641 1693 1697 1697 1697
55 M 0 0 0 3 31 221 343 272 109 9 0 0 989
55 S 0 0 0 4 35 256 599 871 980 988 989 989 989
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 105 193 125 31 0 0 0 459
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 110 303 428 459 459 459 459 459
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 18 46 142 262 445 516 476 362 212 57 13 2557
50 S 6 25 71 213 475 920 1437 1912 2274 2486 2544 2557 2557
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