BINGHAM 2 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290983) BINGHAM 2 NE
From Year=1939 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	38	82	226	430	731	978	1103	1048	820	518	169	38	6180
40 S	38	120	345	775	1506	2484	3587	4635	5455	5973	6142	6180	6180
45 M	8	26	115	287	576	828	948	893	670	367	76	8	4802
45 S	8	34	149	436	1012	1840	2788	3681	4351	4718	4794	4802	4802
50 M	1	5	43	162	423	678	793	738	520	227	23	1	3613
50 S	1	6	49	211	634	1312	2105	2842	3363	3589	3612	3613	3613
55 M	0	0	9	68	275	528	638	583	372	109	3	0	2585
55 S	0	0	9	77	352	880	1518	2101	2472	2582	2585	2585	2585
60 M	0	0	1	18	144	379	483	428	228	34	0	0	1714
60 S	0	0	1	19	163	541	1025	1452	1680	1714	1714	1714	1714

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	58	98	209	325	487	618	713	685	527	348	154	55	4279
50 S	58	157	366	691	1177	1795	2509	3194	3722	4070	4223	4279	4279

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