WIGGINS 7 SW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(059025) WIGGINS 7 SW
From Year=1960 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 11 19 76 252 559 766 1057 973 653 342 61 11 4778
40 S 11 30 105 357 916 1682 2740 3712 4365 4707 4767 4778 4778
45 M 2 5 30 139 408 616 902 818 506 210 16 3 3654
45 S 2 7 37 176 584 1199 2102 2920 3425 3635 3652 3654 3654
50 M 0 1 8 60 266 466 747 663 364 107 2 1 2686
50 S 0 1 9 70 336 802 1549 2212 2576 2683 2685 2686 2686
55 M 0 0 2 18 146 320 592 508 232 41 0 1 1860
55 S 0 0 2 20 166 486 1078 1586 1818 1859 1859 1860 1860
60 M 0 0 1 2 62 187 437 354 118 10 0 0 1171
60 S 0 0 1 3 65 252 689 1043 1161 1171 1171 1171 1171
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 30 43 106 230 391 475 645 607 439 302 108 35 3411
50 S 30 73 179 409 800 1275 1920 2527 2966 3268 3376 3411 3411
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