COCHETOPA CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051713) COCHETOPA CREEK
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
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 5 60 237 467 670 617 374 110 5 0 2547
40 S 0 0 5 65 303 770 1441 2058 2432 2542 2547 2547 2547
45 M 0 0 0 17 120 321 515 463 233 34 1 0 1703
45 S 0 0 0 17 137 457 973 1435 1668 1703 1703 1703 1703
50 M 0 0 0 2 40 184 361 308 112 6 0 0 1013
50 S 0 0 0 2 42 226 587 895 1007 1013 1013 1013 1013
55 M 0 0 0 0 7 76 208 160 36 0 0 0 488
55 S 0 0 0 0 7 83 291 451 487 488 488 488 488
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 16 75 49 7 0 0 0 147
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 16 91 140 147 147 147 147 147
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 18 100 244 386 479 448 336 188 28 1 2230
50 S 0 1 19 119 363 749 1228 1677 2013 2201 2229 2230 2230
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 Jul 28, 2006
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