TACONY 10 SE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(058157) TACONY 10 SE
From Year=1955 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	20	41	142	336	626	901	1090	1020	742	413	100	25	5458
40 S	20	62	204	540	1166	2067	3157	4177	4919	5332	5432	5458	5458
45 M	4	12	66	212	473	751	935	865	594	275	41	6	4234
45 S	4	17	83	294	767	1518	2454	3318	3912	4187	4228	4234	4234
50 M	1	2	23	112	327	601	780	710	448	156	11	0	3171
50 S	1	3	26	138	464	1066	1846	2556	3003	3159	3171	3171	3171
55 M	0	0	6	45	196	452	625	555	308	70	2	0	2258
55 S	0	0	6	51	247	699	1324	1879	2187	2256	2258	2258	2258
60 M	0	0	1	11	93	308	470	400	180	21	0	0	1486
60 S	0	0	1	12	106	413	884	1284	1464	1486	1486	1486	1486

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	49	70	158	268	409	555	674	638	476	315	118	54	3783
50 S	49	119	277	545	954	1508	2182	2820	3296	3611	3729	3783	3783

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