DUNLAP 4 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292625) DUNLAP 4 NE
From Year=1914 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 92 157 295 535 823 1110 1197 1153 915 568 217 113 7173
40 S 92 248 543 1078 1901 3011 4208 5361 6275 6843 7060 7173 7173
45 M 34 75 171 389 668 960 1042 998 765 416 109 46 5674
45 S 34 110 281 670 1338 2298 3340 4337 5102 5519 5628 5674 5674
50 M 9 31 78 254 515 810 887 843 615 273 42 13 4369
50 S 9 40 118 372 887 1697 2584 3426 4041 4314 4356 4369 4369
55 M 1 8 24 140 365 660 732 688 466 149 9 3 3244
55 S 1 9 32 173 537 1198 1929 2617 3082 3232 3241 3244 3244
60 M 0 1 4 61 224 510 577 533 319 57 1 0 2286
60 S 0 1 5 66 290 800 1377 1910 2228 2286 2286 2286 2286
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 123 171 274 397 532 668 744 720 577 400 217 147 4972
50 S 123 295 569 966 1498 2166 2910 3630 4207 4607 4824 4972 4972
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