STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(057936) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
From Year=1908 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 4 73 268 466 679 628 378 124 6 0 2626
40 S 0 0 4 77 344 810 1490 2118 2496 2620 2626 2626 2626
45 M 0 0 0 22 140 318 524 473 238 43 0 0 1760
45 S 0 0 0 22 162 481 1005 1478 1716 1759 1760 1760 1760
50 M 0 0 0 3 49 181 370 319 116 8 0 0 1046
50 S 0 0 0 3 52 234 603 922 1039 1046 1046 1046 1046
55 M 0 0 0 0 9 72 217 170 36 1 0 0 505
55 S 0 0 0 0 9 81 298 468 504 505 505 505 505
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 15 82 54 5 0 0 0 157
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 16 98 152 157 157 157 157 157
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 1 11 94 241 379 494 466 336 179 29 1 2230
50 S 0 1 12 106 347 726 1220 1685 2021 2200 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