CABALLO DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291286) CABALLO DAM
From Year=1936 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 111 191 380 602 878 1132 1266 1200 968 670 308 114 7819
40 S 111 302 682 1284 2162 3293 4559 5759 6727 7397 7705 7819 7819
45 M 37 93 241 454 723 982 1111 1045 818 516 182 40 6241
45 S 37 130 371 825 1548 2530 3640 4685 5504 6020 6202 6241 6241
50 M 8 32 126 311 568 832 956 890 668 366 85 8 4849
50 S 8 39 165 476 1044 1876 2831 3721 4390 4756 4840 4849 4849
55 M 1 6 49 181 415 682 801 735 519 225 26 1 3640
55 S 1 7 56 237 652 1334 2134 2869 3388 3613 3639 3640 3640
60 M 0 1 11 80 268 532 646 580 371 108 4 0 2599
60 S 0 1 12 91 359 891 1536 2116 2487 2595 2599 2599 2599
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 130 179 293 416 557 689 800 772 619 446 250 129 5279
50 S 130 309 602 1018 1575 2264 3064 3835 4454 4900 5150 5279 5279
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