CROWNPOINT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292219) CROWNPOINT
From Year=1914 To Year=1969
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 12 32 103 291 565 837 991 918 730 428 115 19 5041
40 S 12 44 147 438 1004 1840 2831 3749 4479 4907 5022 5041 5041
45 M 2 7 39 171 414 687 836 763 580 286 48 4 3836
45 S 2 8 48 219 633 1319 2155 2918 3498 3784 3832 3836 3836
50 M 0 0 10 81 272 538 681 608 431 163 12 1 2797
50 S 0 0 10 91 364 902 1582 2190 2621 2784 2796 2797 2797
55 M 0 0 1 27 155 390 526 453 285 73 1 0 1910
55 S 0 0 1 28 183 573 1098 1552 1837 1909 1910 1910 1910
60 M 0 0 0 6 68 248 371 299 153 20 0 0 1164
60 S 0 0 0 6 73 321 692 991 1144 1164 1164 1164 1164
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 29 83 198 360 546 659 604 462 271 92 20 3337
50 S 12 41 124 323 683 1229 1889 2492 2954 3225 3317 3337 3337
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