PARADOX 1 W, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(056318) PARADOX 1 W
From Year=1977 To Year=1995
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 24 123 317 565 853 1026 967 696 359 70 4 5006
40 S 1 25 148 466 1031 1884 2910 3877 4573 4932 5003 5006 5006
45 M 0 5 44 189 412 703 871 812 546 220 22 0 3824
45 S 0 5 49 238 650 1353 2224 3036 3582 3803 3824 3824 3824
50 M 0 0 10 91 267 553 716 657 398 104 3 0 2799
50 S 0 0 10 101 368 921 1637 2294 2692 2796 2799 2799 2799
55 M 0 0 1 32 143 405 561 502 256 33 0 0 1933
55 S 0 0 1 33 176 581 1142 1644 1900 1933 1933 1933 1933
60 M 0 0 0 6 54 262 406 347 130 4 0 0 1210
60 S 0 0 0 6 60 322 728 1075 1206 1210 1210 1210 1210
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 30 107 234 372 541 640 615 458 264 66 6 3334
50 S 4 34 141 375 747 1287 1927 2542 3000 3263 3329 3334 3334
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