CLAYTON MUNI AIR PK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291887) CLAYTON WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1896 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 52 72 174 371 634 900 1064 1017 765 472 168 61 5749
40 S 52 124 298 669 1303 2203 3266 4284 5049 5521 5689 5749 5749
45 M 17 29 90 243 482 750 909 862 617 331 87 23 4438
45 S 17 46 136 379 861 1611 2519 3381 3998 4329 4415 4438 4438
50 M 4 8 37 136 337 600 754 707 470 205 34 5 3297
50 S 4 12 49 185 522 1122 1875 2583 3053 3258 3292 3297 3297
55 M 0 2 11 61 207 451 599 552 329 105 9 1 2326
55 S 0 2 13 74 280 732 1330 1883 2211 2317 2326 2326 2326
60 M 0 0 2 18 102 307 444 398 199 39 1 0 1511
60 S 0 0 2 20 123 430 874 1272 1471 1510 1511 1511 1511
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 66 82 157 262 398 570 693 663 483 310 145 72 3901
50 S 66 148 306 568 966 1535 2228 2891 3374 3684 3829 3901 3901
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