BUENA VISTA 2 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(051071) BUENA VISTA
From Year=1899 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 4 27 106 314 553 737 668 450 193 26 3 3082
40 S 2 6 33 138 453 1005 1742 2410 2860 3053 3080 3082 3082
45 M 0 0 5 37 181 403 582 513 304 88 5 0 2120
45 S 0 1 6 43 224 627 1210 1723 2027 2114 2120 2120 2120
50 M 0 0 1 8 77 259 427 359 170 26 1 0 1328
50 S 0 0 1 9 86 345 773 1131 1301 1327 1328 1328 1328
55 M 0 0 0 1 20 133 275 209 66 3 0 0 708
55 S 0 0 0 1 21 155 430 638 705 708 708 708 708
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 46 133 81 14 0 0 0 278
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 49 182 263 278 278 278 278 278
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 7 12 48 116 249 386 475 433 334 198 53 11 2321
50 S 7 20 67 183 432 818 1293 1726 2060 2258 2311 2321 2321
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