MESA VERDE NATL PARK, COLORADO

Monthly Total Growing Degree Days

(055531)

Base Temperature = 40 F

File last updated on Jul 24, 2006
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 200603
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
Months with 5 missing days or less use mean for missing day(s)
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.
YEAR(S JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
1948 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 958.50 789.00 389.00 33.00 4.50 2174.00
1949 0.00 m 3.00 54.50 319.50 452.50 703.00 972.50 957.50 792.00 323.50 212.00 19.00 4809.00
1950 15.00 45.50 64.00 296.50 469.50 815.00 943.00 963.50 637.00 651.50 155.50 33.50 5089.50
1951 2.50 16.07 a 61.00 222.50 548.00 798.00 1112.00 953.50 769.00 342.00 26.50 3.00 4854.07
1952 0.00 2.50 24.50 262.00 551.00 818.50 969.00 983.50 774.00 579.00 89.48 a 1.50 5054.98
1953 21.00 16.50 87.50 211.50 391.00 874.50 1032.00 926.00 831.50 415.50 161.00 2.50 4970.50
1954 8.50 62.50 35.50 414.50 611.50 835.50 1017.00 919.50 740.00 461.00 154.00 8.00 5267.50
1955 0.00 1.50 49.50 187.50 457.00 741.00 939.50 932.50 810.00 500.50 64.00 25.00 4708.00
1956 55.50 3.00 126.00 226.50 613.50 903.50 956.00 863.00 835.00 459.00 37.00 0.50 5078.50
1957 0.00 38.89 a 47.00 165.00 a 332.50 745.34 a 899.50 843.00 699.00 303.00 15.00 0.50 4088.73
1958 1.50 57.00 6.50 178.50 646.00 885.50 999.00 1008.00 725.00 436.00 102.50 51.00 5096.50
1959 2.50 0.00 55.00 285.50 549.00 882.50 1058.00 919.50 695.00 367.00 58.50 3.50 4876.00
1960 0.00 0.00 126.00 282.50 482.57 a 865.00 1043.50 1003.50 785.50 306.00 95.50 6.50 4996.57
1961 0.00 20.50 64.50 216.50 568.50 903.50 1017.50 952.00 562.00 365.50 16.50 5.00 4692.00
1962 0.00 17.00 42.00 353.50 498.00 790.00 1002.50 1023.00 737.50 438.00 158.50 9.00 5069.00
1963 0.00 47.00 110.00 226.00 681.00 819.50 1068.47 a 919.00 803.50 570.00 113.50 6.50 5364.47
1964 0.00 0.50 29.50 165.50 540.00 777.50 1055.50 904.50 676.00 518.50 66.00 3.00 4736.50
1965 1.50 7.50 28.00 210.00 394.00 650.50 937.00 902.50 564.50 456.00 150.00 15.50 4317.00
1966 0.00 0.00 158.00 285.50 625.50 797.50 1061.50 954.00 734.00 417.00 166.50 9.50 5209.00
1967 4.50 17.50 191.50 227.00 506.00 709.00 1016.00 925.00 711.00 473.00 169.00 0.00 4949.50
1968 0.00 15.00 92.50 140.00 470.00 865.50 991.00 805.50 687.50 425.00 30.00 6.00 4528.00
1969 5.50 0.50 53.50 290.50 650.00 709.50 1012.00 1013.50 768.00 196.00 48.50 29.50 4777.00
1970 9.00 42.50 22.00 111.00 568.50 742.50 999.50 1002.33 d 588.50 233.50 45.50 8.00 4372.83
1971 40.00 26.00 140.50 216.67 c 401.00 839.00 1043.09 d 905.00 615.00 298.50 52.00 3.00 4579.76
1972 1.50 57.00 248.50 267.50 567.00 819.81 d 1080.50 935.00 683.50 365.00 2.00 0.00 5027.31
1973 0.00 3.00 2.00 129.50 495.50 771.50 977.50 946.00 626.50 421.00 145.86 a 5.00 4523.36
1974 0.00 3.50 151.50 218.00 648.50 957.00 957.50 899.00 675.50 394.50 39.50 1.50 4946.00
1975 5.50 1.00 37.50 122.50 400.00 708.00 927.00 907.50 660.00 413.50 120.50 4.00 4307.00
1976 0.50 30.00 50.50 233.79 a 553.50 833.50 1025.50 887.00 663.50 304.50 144.50 0.00 4726.79
1977 0.00 31.50 54.00 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 1009.57 a 991.50 740.69 a 454.09 d 84.00 g 0.00 z 3281.35
1978 0.00 2.50 102.50 261.50 393.00 618.50 g 1023.00 b 931.50 668.79 a 474.09 b 86.90 a 1.00 3944.78
1979 0.00 6.50 11.50 239.00 438.28 b 725.56 c 982.18 a 866.50 805.34 a 507.88 a 17.50 3.21 b 4603.45
1980 0.00 b 0.00 c 11.22 b 208.50 358.00 845.17 a 1049.50 917.00 687.69 d 363.45 b 160.00 46.00 4646.54
1981 15.50 55.48 a 24.28 a 350.17 a 444.33 a 858.33 c 961.00 a 944.31 e 711.50 290.00 155.69 a 30.50 4841.10
1982 4.13 a 23.00 29.45 a 186.50 425.50 731.00 950.50 889.50 631.00 221.43 c 22.50 1.00 4115.51
1983 0.00 1.50 43.00 123.50 372.00 502.50 h 943.00 943.00 756.00 360.50 118.00 0.00 a 3660.50
1984 0.00 0.50 41.00 162.50 643.50 716.00 1000.00 906.50 674.50 182.50 64.00 0.00 4391.00
1985 0.00 11.50 47.50 287.00 514.50 827.50 969.00 896.00 460.50 280.50 43.00 0.00 4337.00
1986 8.50 41.00 148.00 187.50 409.50 722.00 802.00 901.50 473.50 209.00 20.50 1.50 3924.50
1987 0.50 4.50 17.50 257.00 409.50 746.00 871.50 791.50 589.00 381.00 34.50 6.00 4108.50
1988 0.50 12.50 45.00 192.00 409.50 773.00 927.00 820.00 537.00 440.00 79.50 0.00 4236.00
1989 0.00 23.50 149.50 323.50 544.00 711.00 995.50 806.00 644.50 299.50 65.50 2.00 4564.50
1990 4.50 7.50 99.50 220.00 394.00 844.00 900.00 818.00 706.00 277.00 77.00 2.50 4350.00
1991 0.00 2.00 16.00 137.00 387.50 616.00 875.00 874.50 606.00 383.00 32.50 0.00 3929.50
1992 0.00 0.00 34.00 288.00 458.00 611.50 799.50 839.00 606.00 360.00 5.00 0.00 4001.00
1993 0.00 0.00 54.50 162.00 444.00 644.50 853.50 816.00 556.50 258.50 5.50 0.00 3795.00
1994 0.00 1.00 68.00 204.50 447.00 837.50 974.50 951.00 657.50 238.00 41.50 4.00 4424.50
1995 0.00 41.50 80.50 126.50 291.00 613.00 882.50 957.50 643.00 314.00 98.00 34.00 4081.50
1996 0.50 52.50 60.50 201.50 605.50 815.50 1021.00 912.50 527.50 299.00 48.50 0.50 4545.00
1997 4.50 0.00 124.00 134.50 470.00 639.50 880.50 835.50 661.50 267.00 54.00 0.00 4071.00
1998 0.00 0.00 72.50 89.50 426.50 630.50 972.00 891.00 729.50 262.00 54.00 13.50 4141.00
1999 0.50 11.50 116.25 a 141.00 360.50 647.00 883.50 795.50 560.50 352.50 195.00 10.50 4074.25
2000 18.50 3.50 55.00 269.50 569.00 842.00 1007.50 952.50 704.50 279.00 2.50 0.00 4703.50
2001 0.00 1.00 86.00 239.50 592.50 816.50 985.50 851.00 734.50 379.00 156.00 0.00 4841.50
2002 0.50 6.50 82.00 338.00 537.00 908.00 1024.50 955.00 647.00 276.00 36.00 0.00 4810.50
2003 12.00 10.00 79.00 197.50 567.00 779.00 1132.50 957.00 650.50 476.00 37.50 18.50 4916.50
2004 0.00 3.50 229.00 196.00 515.50 774.50 939.00 868.00 584.00 249.50 32.00 5.00 4396.00
2005 8.00 0.00 40.50 201.50 500.50 681.50 1050.50 874.50 671.50 337.50 116.00 9.00 4491.00
2006 1.50 15.50 61.00 281.50 620.00 701.00 g 611.50 l 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 979.50
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN 4.46 15.60 73.13 222.32 495.06 776.24 978.57 911.48 676.97 367.15 79.49 7.95 4595.21
S.D. 9.81 18.55 53.49 68.91 94.01 86.55 70.04 58.39 86.94 101.35 56.89 11.80 394.02
SKEW 3.54 1.14 1.29 0.37 0.06 -0.24 -0.44 -0.27 -0.31 0.42 0.54 2.06 -0.12
MAX 55.50 62.50 248.50 414.50 681.00 957.00 1132.50 1023.00 835.00 651.50 212.00 51.00 5364.47
MIN 0.00 0.00 2.00 89.50 291.00 611.50 799.50 791.50 460.50 182.50 2.00 0.00 3795.00
NO YRS 57 58 58 57 57 54 57 58 58 58 57 57 53