PALISADE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(056266) PALISADE
From Year=1911 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 6 39 184 407 706 977 1202 1120 833 479 118 11 6080
40 S 6 45 229 636 1341 2318 3520 4640 5472 5952 6070 6080 6080
45 M 0 9 90 272 552 827 1047 965 683 333 49 2 4829
45 S 0 10 100 372 924 1751 2798 3762 4445 4778 4827 4829 4829
50 M 0 1 35 159 403 677 892 810 534 203 13 0 3726
50 S 0 1 36 195 598 1275 2167 2976 3510 3713 3726 3726 3726
55 M 0 0 10 76 265 528 737 655 388 101 1 0 2761
55 S 0 0 10 85 351 879 1616 2270 2658 2759 2761 2761 2761
60 M 0 0 2 26 149 383 582 500 250 37 0 0 1927
60 S 0 0 2 28 176 559 1141 1641 1891 1927 1927 1927 1927
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 31 127 258 443 618 763 722 532 307 87 11 3906
50 S 6 38 164 422 865 1483 2246 2968 3501 3808 3895 3906 3906
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