YELLOW JACKET 2 W, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(059275) YELLOW JACKET 2 W
From Year=1962 To Year=2002
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 9 61 193 458 734 953 889 639 335 64 5 4341
40 S 2 11 71 265 723 1457 2409 3299 3937 4272 4336 4341 4341
45 M 0 1 18 97 312 584 798 734 489 203 20 0 3257
45 S 0 1 19 117 429 1012 1810 2544 3034 3237 3257 3257 3257
50 M 0 0 3 36 182 435 643 579 343 98 3 0 2321
50 S 0 0 3 38 221 655 1298 1877 2220 2318 2321 2321 2321
55 M 0 0 0 8 81 292 488 424 206 32 0 0 1531
55 S 0 0 0 8 89 381 868 1293 1498 1531 1531 1531 1531
60 M 0 0 0 1 21 164 333 271 92 5 0 0 888
60 S 0 0 0 1 22 186 519 790 883 888 888 888 888
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 12 57 152 308 473 608 567 401 223 53 6 2864
50 S 3 15 72 225 533 1006 1614 2181 2582 2805 2858 2864 2864
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