DULCE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292608) DULCE
From Year=1906 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 0 2 31 140 359 596 822 769 519 214 18 0 3472
40 S 0 2 33 173 532 1128 1951 2720 3240 3454 3472 3472 3472
45 M 0 0 5 50 215 446 667 614 370 99 2 0 2470
45 S 0 0 5 55 271 717 1384 1999 2369 2468 2470 2470 2470
50 M 0 0 0 10 97 298 512 459 226 29 0 0 1633
50 S 0 0 0 11 108 406 918 1378 1604 1633 1633 1633 1633
55 M 0 0 0 1 27 161 358 305 103 4 0 0 959
55 S 0 0 0 1 28 189 547 852 954 959 959 959 959
60 M 0 0 0 0 4 61 206 157 27 0 0 0 455
60 S 0 0 0 0 4 65 270 427 455 455 455 455 455
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 5 16 78 187 332 466 543 516 406 249 69 9 2878
50 S 5 21 99 287 619 1085 1628 2144 2550 2800 2869 2878 2878
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