CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291939) CLOVIS
From Year=1910 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	78	132	272	508	797	1036	1169	1121	878	582	238	94	6905
40 S	78	210	482	990	1786	2823	3992	5113	5991	6573	6811	6905	6905
45 M	29	62	160	368	642	886	1014	966	729	432	134	37	5461
45 S	29	91	251	618	1261	2147	3161	4128	4857	5289	5423	5461	5461
50 M	7	22	77	239	489	736	859	811	581	292	60	10	4184
50 S	7	29	106	345	834	1571	2430	3241	3822	4114	4174	4184	4184
55 M	1	5	28	130	342	587	704	656	435	169	18	1	3077
55 S	1	6	34	164	506	1093	1797	2454	2888	3058	3076	3077	3077
60 M	0	0	6	54	208	438	549	502	295	76	3	0	2132
60 S	0	0	7	61	269	707	1256	1758	2053	2129	2132	2132	2132

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	89	125	218	341	499	659	756	729	562	373	184	96	4632
50 S	89	214	432	773	1272	1931	2687	3416	3978	4352	4536	4632	4632

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