EDGEWATER, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(052557) EDGEWATER
From Year=1948 To Year=1962
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	35	71	104	280	536	846	1016	983	699	413	131	52	5166
40 S	35	105	210	490	1026	1872	2888	3870	4569	4983	5114	5166	5166
45 M	10	27	43	170	388	697	861	828	550	272	58	16	3920
45 S	10	37	80	250	638	1335	2196	3023	3574	3846	3904	3920	3920
50 M	2	7	12	91	251	548	706	673	403	150	17	4	2864
50 S	2	9	21	111	362	911	1617	2289	2692	2843	2860	2864	2864
55 M	0	1	2	39	135	402	551	518	265	65	4	1	1984
55 S	0	1	3	42	178	579	1131	1648	1913	1978	1982	1984	1984
60 M	0	0	0	11	55	263	397	363	145	19	0	0	1253
60 S	0	0	0	12	67	329	726	1089	1233	1253	1253	1253	1253

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	52	79	109	211	346	526	631	613	455	324	138	66	3550
50 S	52	131	240	451	797	1323	1954	2567	3022	3346	3485	3550	3550

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