SEDGWICK 5 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057515) SEDGWICK 5 S
From Year=1952 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 13 37 118 292 576 852 1083 1031 727 394 92 20 5235
40 S 13 50 168 460 1035 1887 2970 4001 4728 5122 5215 5235 5235
45 M 3 12 56 179 425 702 928 876 580 262 38 5 4065
45 S 3 15 71 250 675 1376 2304 3181 3760 4022 4060 4065 4065
50 M 0 3 21 93 285 552 773 721 436 151 11 1 3048
50 S 0 3 24 117 402 954 1727 2449 2885 3036 3047 3048 3048
55 M 0 0 5 38 167 405 618 566 302 71 1 0 2174
55 S 0 0 6 44 211 616 1234 1800 2102 2173 2174 2174 2174
60 M 0 0 1 11 79 266 464 412 183 25 0 0 1441
60 S 0 0 1 12 91 357 820 1233 1416 1441 1441 1441 1441
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 21 44 110 216 358 531 687 654 459 278 88 28 3476
50 S 21 66 176 392 750 1281 1969 2623 3082 3360 3448 3476 3476
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