TAYLOR PARK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(058184) TAYLOR PARK
From Year=1940 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	0	0	0	6	104	324	506	453	244	54	1	0	1691
40 S	0	0	0	6	109	433	939	1392	1636	1690	1691	1691	1691
45 M	0	0	0	0	28	183	352	298	113	9	0	0	983
45 S	0	0	0	0	28	211	563	861	974	983	983	983	983
50 M	0	0	0	0	3	71	198	148	27	0	0	0	447
50 S	0	0	0	0	3	74	272	420	447	447	447	447	447
55 M	0	0	0	0	0	11	62	33	2	0	0	0	109
55 S	0	0	0	0	0	12	74	107	109	109	109	109	109
60 M	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	6
60 S	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	0	0	2	23	118	261	338	301	206	86	7	0	1343
50 S	0	0	2	25	143	404	743	1043	1249	1335	1342	1343	1343

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