SALIDA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057370) SALIDA
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	6	11	49	171	401	626	808	740	504	238	48	7	3610
40 S	6	17	66	237	638	1264	2072	2812	3316	3554	3603	3610	3610
45 M	1	2	12	77	257	476	653	585	356	119	12	1	2550
45 S	1	2	14	91	348	824	1477	2062	2418	2537	2549	2550	2550
50 M	0	0	1	22	131	328	498	430	214	39	2	0	1665
50 S	0	0	1	23	155	482	980	1410	1624	1663	1665	1665	1665
55 M	0	0	0	2	44	188	343	276	92	7	0	0	952
55 S	0	0	0	3	46	234	577	853	945	952	952	952	952
60 M	0	0	0	0	8	74	190	129	23	1	0	0	425
60 S	0	0	0	0	9	83	272	401	424	425	425	425	425

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	30	81	174	312	436	525	492	379	248	77	18	2790
50 S	17	47	128	302	614	1050	1575	2068	2447	2695	2772	2790	2790

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