SEDGWICK 5 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057515) SEDGWICK 5 S
From Year=1952 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 13 34 123 290 572 855 1088 1034 721 387 95 19 5232
40 S 13 47 170 460 1032 1887 2975 4009 4730 5117 5212 5232 5232
45 M 3 11 60 177 422 705 933 879 573 257 40 5 4064
45 S 3 14 73 251 673 1377 2310 3189 3763 4020 4060 4064 4064
50 M 0 3 23 91 283 555 778 724 430 148 12 1 3049
50 S 0 3 26 118 401 956 1734 2458 2888 3036 3048 3049 3049
55 M 0 0 6 37 166 408 623 569 295 69 2 0 2176
55 S 0 0 6 44 210 618 1241 1810 2105 2175 2176 2176 2176
60 M 0 0 1 11 79 268 469 415 178 25 0 0 1445
60 S 0 0 1 12 91 359 828 1243 1420 1445 1445 1445 1445
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 22 42 115 215 356 533 690 657 455 273 91 28 3475
50 S 22 64 178 393 749 1281 1971 2628 3083 3356 3447 3475 3475
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

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