BRANSON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(050898) BRANSON
From Year=1918 To Year=1974
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 46 54 121 302 565 836 1015 971 734 439 160 59 5301
40 S 46 100 221 524 1088 1924 2940 3910 4644 5083 5242 5301 5301
45 M 14 20 59 186 416 686 860 816 584 303 79 19 4044
45 S 14 34 94 280 696 1382 2242 3058 3642 3945 4024 4044 4044
50 M 2 5 24 97 279 538 705 661 437 186 28 4 2967
50 S 2 7 31 128 408 946 1651 2311 2749 2934 2963 2967 2967
55 M 0 1 7 42 163 393 550 506 297 94 6 1 2060
55 S 0 1 8 50 213 606 1157 1663 1959 2053 2059 2060 2060
60 M 0 0 1 12 75 256 396 352 171 35 1 0 1299
60 S 0 0 1 14 88 344 740 1092 1264 1299 1299 1299 1299
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 39 49 102 209 356 536 666 638 468 281 117 48 3508
50 S 39 88 190 398 754 1291 1957 2594 3062 3343 3460 3508 3508
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 Oct 31, 2012
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