CUBERO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292250) CUBERO
From Year=1977 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	11	35	138	332	609	871	1031	951	711	392	99	16	5196
40 S	11	46	184	516	1125	1996	3027	3978	4689	5081	5181	5196	5196
45 M	1	7	52	201	455	721	876	796	561	250	33	2	3957
45 S	1	9	61	262	717	1438	2314	3110	3672	3922	3955	3957	3957
50 M	0	1	13	96	305	571	721	641	412	127	6	0	2894
50 S	0	1	14	110	416	987	1708	2349	2761	2888	2894	2894	2894
55 M	0	0	1	31	171	422	566	486	266	44	1	0	1988
55 S	0	0	1	33	204	626	1191	1677	1944	1988	1988	1988	1988
60 M	0	0	0	6	71	275	411	331	134	8	0	0	1236
60 S	0	0	0	6	77	352	763	1094	1228	1236	1236	1236	1236

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	37	71	165	281	427	556	649	610	471	311	126	44	3748
50 S	37	108	273	554	981	1537	2186	2796	3267	3578	3704	3748	3748

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