KIT CARSON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(054603) KIT CARSON 6 SE
From Year=1893 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	10	26	115	302	600	887	1099	1037	732	387	86	15	5296
40 S	10	36	151	453	1053	1940	3039	4076	4808	5195	5281	5296	5296
45 M	1	7	52	186	450	737	944	882	584	254	33	3	4134
45 S	1	8	60	246	696	1433	2377	3259	3843	4097	4130	4134	4134
50 M	0	1	17	96	308	588	789	727	440	142	8	1	3117
50 S	0	1	19	114	422	1010	1799	2526	2965	3107	3116	3117	3117
55 M	0	0	4	38	184	440	634	572	303	64	1	0	2239
55 S	0	0	4	42	226	666	1300	1872	2175	2239	2239	2239	2239
60 M	0	0	0	10	90	299	480	418	181	19	0	0	1496
60 S	0	0	1	10	100	399	879	1297	1477	1496	1496	1496	1496

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	42	66	145	251	393	548	681	647	472	317	124	52	3737
50 S	42	108	253	504	897	1445	2126	2772	3244	3561	3685	3737	3737

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