DES MOINES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292453) DES MOINES
From Year=1916 To Year=1994
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 19 32 95 248 496 763 924 868 645 365 97 30 4581
40 S 19 51 146 394 890 1653 2577 3445 4090 4455 4552 4581 4581
45 M 4 8 38 140 349 613 769 713 497 232 38 7 3408
45 S 4 12 50 190 540 1153 1921 2634 3131 3363 3401 3408 3408
50 M 0 1 11 64 216 464 614 558 352 121 10 1 2412
50 S 0 2 13 76 293 757 1370 1928 2281 2402 2411 2412 2412
55 M 0 0 2 20 108 320 459 403 216 48 1 0 1579
55 S 0 0 2 23 131 451 910 1313 1530 1577 1579 1579 1579
60 M 0 0 0 3 38 189 306 251 105 12 0 0 903
60 S 0 0 0 3 42 230 536 787 891 903 903 903 903
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 34 48 103 200 323 488 599 554 410 264 104 45 3173
50 S 34 82 185 385 709 1196 1796 2350 2760 3023 3128 3173 3173
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