ARABELLA NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290508) ARABELLA NEAR
From Year=1901 To Year=1946
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	91	121	280	479	721	872	1006	981	765	449	340	176	6281
40 S	91	212	491	970	1691	2564	3570	4551	5316	5765	6105	6281	6281
45 M	30	69	153	336	566	722	851	826	615	303	208	91	4770
45 S	30	99	251	587	1153	1876	2727	3553	4168	4471	4679	4770	4770
50 M	6	38	64	208	412	574	696	671	465	177	107	42	3459
50 S	6	43	107	315	727	1300	1997	2668	3133	3310	3417	3459	3459
55 M	1	19	19	99	261	428	541	516	317	86	45	20	2350
55 S	1	20	39	138	399	827	1368	1884	2200	2286	2331	2350	2350
60 M	0	6	3	35	129	286	386	361	179	28	11	8	1432
60 S	0	6	9	44	172	458	844	1205	1384	1412	1423	1432	1432

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	89	103	198	313	459	554	664	646	482	288	227	132	4153
50 S	89	191	389	702	1161	1715	2378	3024	3506	3794	4021	4153	4153

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