BLUEWATER 3 WSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291080) BLUEWATER 3 WSW
From Year=1896 To Year=1959
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 9 56 222 460 734 894 826 590 278 34 5 4112
40 S 4 13 68 291 750 1484 2379 3204 3795 4073 4107 4112 4112
45 M 0 1 14 108 311 584 739 671 441 146 6 1 3023
45 S 0 1 15 123 434 1018 1757 2428 2869 3015 3022 3023 3023
50 M 0 0 2 36 177 434 584 516 293 55 1 1 2099
50 S 0 0 2 38 215 649 1234 1750 2043 2098 2098 2099 2099
55 M 0 0 0 7 75 287 430 361 156 12 0 1 1328
55 S 0 0 0 8 82 369 799 1160 1316 1328 1328 1328 1328
60 M 0 0 0 1 18 154 276 207 53 1 0 1 711
60 S 0 0 0 1 19 173 449 656 709 710 710 711 711
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 22 44 118 244 382 511 569 539 435 286 118 37 3304
50 S 22 67 184 429 811 1321 1890 2428 2864 3149 3268 3304 3304
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