CLAYTON 9 SSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291881) CLAYTON 9 SSE
From Year=1907 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 43 72 150 355 638 930 1081 1018 779 480 149 56 5753
40 S 43 115 265 620 1259 2189 3270 4289 5068 5548 5697 5753 5753
45 M 13 26 68 229 487 780 926 863 631 337 68 19 4449
45 S 13 40 108 337 824 1605 2530 3394 4025 4362 4430 4449 4449
50 M 3 6 21 123 343 631 771 708 483 207 20 5 3320
50 S 3 9 30 152 495 1126 1897 2605 3088 3295 3315 3320 3320
55 M 0 1 4 49 211 482 616 553 338 104 3 1 2363
55 S 0 1 5 54 266 748 1364 1917 2256 2360 2363 2363 2363
60 M 0 0 0 13 107 337 461 399 204 37 0 0 1560
60 S 0 0 0 14 121 458 920 1318 1523 1559 1560 1560 1560
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 68 93 158 268 403 585 688 651 499 342 154 87 3996
50 S 68 161 318 587 990 1575 2263 2914 3413 3755 3909 3996 3996
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