MEEKER #2, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(055487) MEEKER NO 2
From Year=1970 To Year=1992
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 4 31 151 369 631 839 786 517 223 29 2 3584
40 S 1 5 37 187 556 1187 2026 2812 3329 3552 3581 3584 3584
45 M 0 0 6 64 229 482 684 631 372 112 5 0 2585
45 S 0 0 7 71 300 781 1465 2096 2468 2580 2585 2585 2585
50 M 0 0 1 18 112 336 529 476 235 39 0 0 1745
50 S 0 0 1 19 131 467 995 1472 1706 1745 1745 1745 1745
55 M 0 0 0 2 34 201 374 322 118 6 0 0 1057
55 S 0 0 0 2 36 238 611 933 1052 1057 1057 1057 1057
60 M 0 0 0 0 4 90 219 173 38 0 0 0 524
60 S 0 0 0 0 4 94 313 486 524 524 524 524 524
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 10 43 147 284 441 543 520 378 212 47 5 2633
50 S 2 12 55 202 486 927 1471 1991 2369 2580 2628 2633 2633
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