CLOVIS 13 N, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291963) CLOVIS 13 N
From Year=1929 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 83 127 277 490 770 1014 1130 1079 854 569 230 91 6714
40 S 83 210 487 977 1746 2760 3891 4970 5824 6393 6623 6714 6714
45 M 30 57 159 348 615 864 975 924 704 420 126 34 5258
45 S 30 87 247 595 1210 2074 3049 3974 4678 5098 5224 5258 5258
50 M 8 18 74 220 462 714 820 769 555 280 53 10 3983
50 S 8 26 100 320 783 1496 2317 3086 3641 3921 3973 3983 3983
55 M 1 3 24 113 316 564 665 614 407 157 13 2 2880
55 S 1 4 29 142 458 1021 1687 2301 2708 2865 2878 2880 2880
60 M 0 0 4 42 182 415 510 459 266 65 2 0 1947
60 S 0 0 5 47 229 645 1155 1614 1880 1945 1947 1947 1947
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 99 135 242 357 491 634 728 700 547 380 189 102 4604
50 S 99 234 477 833 1325 1959 2687 3386 3933 4313 4502 4604 4604
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