PARKER 6 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(056326) PARKER 6 E
From Year=1922 To Year=1997
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 20 31 79 212 442 723 944 894 627 338 84 27 4420
40 S 20 51 129 341 783 1506 2450 3344 3971 4308 4393 4420 4420
45 M 5 9 32 117 300 574 789 739 481 212 35 8 3299
45 S 5 14 46 162 462 1036 1825 2564 3045 3256 3292 3299 3299
50 M 1 2 9 51 177 426 634 584 340 111 10 1 2346
50 S 1 2 11 63 240 666 1300 1884 2223 2334 2344 2346 2346
55 M 0 0 2 16 83 286 479 429 211 44 2 0 1552
55 S 0 0 2 18 100 387 866 1295 1506 1550 1552 1552 1552
60 M 0 0 0 3 26 164 326 277 106 11 0 0 914
60 S 0 0 0 3 30 194 520 797 903 914 914 914 914
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 30 42 85 173 296 460 602 572 417 265 96 40 3078
50 S 30 72 157 330 626 1086 1688 2260 2678 2943 3038 3078 3078
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