WAGON WHEEL GAP 3 N, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(058742) WAGON WHEEL GAP 3 N
From Year=1948 To Year=1972
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 1 24 142 335 559 506 285 75 1 0 1928
40 S 0 0 1 25 167 502 1061 1567 1852 1927 1928 1928 1928
45 M 0 0 0 3 48 194 404 351 146 16 0 0 1162
45 S 0 0 0 3 51 245 649 1000 1147 1162 1162 1162 1162
50 M 0 0 0 0 7 80 250 199 45 2 0 0 581
50 S 0 0 0 0 7 87 336 535 580 581 581 581 581
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 18 105 70 6 0 0 0 200
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 19 124 194 200 200 200 200 200
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 9 0 0 0 0 26
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 26 26 26 26 26 26
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 4 15 68 188 323 420 383 294 181 35 2 1916
50 S 2 6 21 89 277 600 1020 1403 1697 1878 1914 1916 1916
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