COWLES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292139) WINSORS
From Year=1894 To Year=1964
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 3 10 59 221 458 597 566 376 143 19 3 2458
40 S 1 4 15 74 295 753 1350 1917 2292 2436 2455 2458 2458
45 M 0 0 1 11 97 310 442 411 230 50 3 0 1555
45 S 0 1 1 12 109 419 861 1273 1502 1552 1554 1555 1555
50 M 0 0 0 1 23 171 287 257 102 9 0 0 851
50 S 0 0 0 1 24 195 483 740 842 851 851 851 851
55 M 0 0 0 0 2 63 137 110 25 0 0 0 339
55 S 0 0 0 0 2 66 203 313 338 339 339 339 339
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 11 28 19 2 0 0 0 60
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 11 39 58 60 60 60 60 60
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 14 31 98 218 363 413 387 300 171 61 15 2082
50 S 10 23 54 153 371 734 1147 1534 1834 2005 2066 2082 2082
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