BUEYEROS 4 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291269) BUEYEROS 4 NW
From Year=1929 To Year=1968
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	90	113	434	523	660	927	1101	1014	778	644	250	65	6597
40 S	90	203	637	1159	1819	2746	3847	4861	5639	6283	6533	6597	6597
45 M	36	50	294	374	505	777	946	859	628	494	141	21	5123
45 S	36	85	379	753	1258	2035	2981	3840	4468	4962	5102	5123	5123
50 M	12	17	166	232	352	627	791	704	478	352	59	3	3792
50 S	12	29	195	427	778	1405	2196	2900	3378	3730	3789	3792	3792
55 M	2	5	73	114	209	477	636	549	333	218	13	0	2626
55 S	2	6	79	193	401	878	1514	2063	2396	2613	2626	2626	2626
60 M	0	0	10	47	103	327	481	394	204	101	1	0	1667
60 S	0	0	10	57	159	486	967	1361	1565	1666	1667	1667	1667

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	106	128	333	359	444	609	743	656	480	451	218	81	4608
50 S	106	234	567	926	1370	1979	2722	3378	3858	4309	4527	4608	4608

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