SEDGWICK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057513) SEDGWICK
From Year=1908 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	9	24	90	278	563	846	1093	1030	712	366	72	11	5094
40 S	9	32	122	400	964	1810	2903	3934	4645	5011	5084	5094	5094
45 M	1	5	38	168	416	697	938	875	564	238	26	2	3969
45 S	1	7	44	213	628	1325	2263	3139	3703	3941	3967	3969	3969
50 M	0	1	11	85	279	548	783	720	421	133	7	0	2988
50 S	0	1	12	97	376	925	1708	2428	2849	2981	2988	2988	2988
55 M	0	0	2	33	163	403	628	565	285	58	1	0	2140
55 S	0	0	2	36	199	601	1230	1795	2080	2138	2140	2140	2140
60 M	0	0	0	9	77	268	474	411	168	17	1	0	1425
60 S	0	0	0	9	87	354	828	1239	1407	1424	1425	1425	1425

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	24	47	114	220	368	527	681	642	464	300	106	27	3518
50 S	24	71	185	405	773	1300	1981	2623	3086	3386	3492	3518	3518

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