CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291931) CLOUDCROFT
From Year=1987 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	3	9	45	159	371	569	598	568	418	207	40	4	2991
40 S	3	12	57	215	586	1155	1753	2321	2739	2946	2986	2991	2991
45 M	0	1	9	63	225	419	443	413	269	87	7	0	1935
45 S	0	1	9	72	297	716	1158	1572	1840	1927	1934	1935	1935
50 M	0	0	0	15	100	270	288	258	128	19	1	0	1080
50 S	0	0	0	15	115	386	673	932	1060	1079	1080	1080	1080
55 M	0	0	0	2	27	131	136	110	30	2	0	0	437
55 S	0	0	0	2	28	160	295	405	436	437	437	437	437
60 M	0	0	0	0	4	36	26	16	1	0	0	0	83
60 S	0	0	0	0	4	40	66	81	83	83	83	83	83

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	6	12	51	127	247	359	335	313	251	154	48	9	1912
50 S	6	18	69	196	443	802	1137	1449	1701	1855	1903	1912	1912

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