STATE TURKEY EXP FAR, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057928) STATE TURKEY EXP FAR
From Year=1944 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 1 12 128 335 550 821 759 543 245 14 0 3409
40 S 0 1 14 141 476 1026 1847 2606 3150 3395 3409 3409 3409
45 M 0 0 1 43 192 400 666 604 393 125 1 0 2426
45 S 0 0 1 44 236 636 1303 1907 2300 2425 2426 2426 2426
50 M 0 0 0 7 78 255 511 449 244 42 0 0 1586
50 S 0 0 0 7 85 339 851 1300 1544 1586 1586 1586 1586
55 M 0 0 0 0 22 127 356 294 110 5 0 0 915
55 S 0 0 0 0 22 149 505 799 910 915 915 915 915
60 M 0 0 0 0 4 38 202 141 26 0 0 0 411
60 S 0 0 0 0 4 42 244 385 411 411 411 411 411
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 18 59 179 312 460 549 523 445 266 64 9 2891
50 S 7 25 84 263 575 1035 1585 2108 2552 2818 2882 2891 2891
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