CARSON SEEP NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291532) CARSON SEEP NEAR
From Year=1895 To Year=1941
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 82 97 278 450 721 917 936 956 798 477 265 73 6049
40 S 82 179 458 907 1628 2545 3481 4436 5234 5711 5976 6049 6049
45 M 29 38 155 314 566 767 781 801 649 334 155 25 4613
45 S 29 67 222 536 1102 1869 2650 3450 4099 4433 4588 4613 4613
50 M 8 11 65 188 412 617 626 646 503 206 72 6 3359
50 S 8 19 84 272 684 1301 1926 2572 3075 3281 3353 3359 3359
55 M 2 1 21 84 265 467 471 491 362 105 20 1 2288
55 S 2 3 23 107 372 839 1310 1801 2163 2267 2288 2288 2288
60 M 0 0 6 14 138 318 318 336 232 33 1 0 1397
60 S 0 0 6 20 159 477 794 1130 1362 1395 1397 1397 1397
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 72 85 243 324 481 579 605 616 506 318 190 76 4095
50 S 72 157 399 724 1205 1784 2389 3005 3511 3829 4019 4095 4095
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