CAPULIN 6 SSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291452) CAPULIN 6 SSE
From Year=1930 To Year=1969
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 5 16 38 180 403 671 830 790 557 265 41 8 3804
40 S 5 21 60 239 642 1313 2143 2933 3490 3755 3796 3804 3804
45 M 0 3 9 85 262 521 675 635 409 139 7 1 2747
45 S 0 3 12 97 359 879 1555 2190 2599 2738 2745 2747 2747
50 M 0 0 1 26 142 372 520 480 265 54 1 0 1863
50 S 0 0 2 28 171 543 1063 1544 1808 1863 1863 1863 1863
55 M 0 0 0 4 57 232 366 326 136 13 0 0 1134
55 S 0 0 0 4 61 293 659 985 1121 1134 1134 1134 1134
60 M 0 0 0 0 14 114 215 179 46 1 0 0 570
60 S 0 0 0 0 14 129 343 522 568 570 570 570 570
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 20 36 72 172 283 429 521 495 368 236 89 32 2752
50 S 20 56 129 301 584 1013 1533 2028 2395 2631 2720 2752 2752
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