TELLURIDE 4 WNW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(058204) TELLURIDE
From Year=1900 To Year=2008
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 0 4 50 204 419 596 544 348 125 9 0 2299
40 S 0 0 4 55 258 677 1273 1817 2165 2290 2299 2299 2299
45 M 0 0 0 11 90 273 441 389 206 42 1 0 1454
45 S 0 0 0 11 102 375 815 1204 1411 1453 1454 1454 1454
50 M 0 0 0 1 23 141 286 235 85 7 0 0 777
50 S 0 0 0 1 24 164 450 685 770 777 777 777 777
55 M 0 0 0 0 2 45 136 94 18 0 0 0 296
55 S 0 0 0 0 2 48 184 278 295 296 296 296 296
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 7 29 15 1 0 0 0 53
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 51 53 53 53 53 53
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 5 15 73 191 335 417 376 283 158 36 3 1892
50 S 2 6 21 94 285 620 1037 1413 1696 1854 1889 1892 1892
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