BLUE MESA LAKE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(050797) BLUE MESA LAKE
From Year=1967 To Year=2006
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 10 91 316 552 770 729 475 180 12 0 3135
40 S 0 0 10 101 417 968 1738 2468 2943 3122 3134 3135 3135
45 M 0 0 1 30 183 402 615 574 328 78 2 0 2213
45 S 0 0 1 31 213 615 1230 1805 2133 2211 2213 2213 2213
50 M 0 0 0 5 77 257 460 419 191 22 0 0 1431
50 S 0 0 0 5 82 338 799 1218 1409 1430 1431 1431 1431
55 M 0 0 0 0 19 128 307 266 80 2 0 0 801
55 S 0 0 0 0 19 146 453 719 798 801 801 801 801
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 37 158 122 20 0 0 0 340
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 40 198 321 340 340 340 340 340
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 25 110 263 398 509 478 348 184 27 0 2344
50 S 0 1 26 136 399 797 1306 1784 2133 2317 2344 2344 2344
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 Jul 28, 2006
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