WETMORE 2 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(058986) WETMORE 2 S
From Year=1947 To Year=1968
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 33 45 91 252 510 762 952 895 681 407 120 41 4788
40 S 33 78 169 422 931 1693 2645 3540 4220 4627 4747 4788 4788
45 M 8 15 36 143 362 612 797 740 532 269 49 10 3572
45 S 8 23 59 202 563 1176 1973 2712 3244 3513 3562 3572 3572
50 M 1 3 9 65 228 463 642 585 387 151 11 2 2547
50 S 1 4 13 78 306 770 1412 1996 2383 2534 2545 2547 2547
55 M 0 1 1 21 118 318 487 430 249 66 1 1 1692
55 S 0 1 2 22 140 458 945 1375 1624 1690 1691 1692 1692
60 M 0 0 0 3 43 184 333 278 132 19 0 0 992
60 S 0 0 0 3 46 230 563 840 972 992 992 992 992
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 41 49 93 196 337 480 601 568 440 288 109 49 3252
50 S 41 90 183 380 717 1196 1797 2365 2805 3093 3203 3252 3252
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