DURAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292665) DURAN
From Year=1908 To Year=1951
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 60 85 143 354 641 868 1008 966 673 456 196 46 5495
40 S 60 145 288 641 1282 2150 3158 4124 4796 5252 5449 5495 5495
45 M 25 32 56 224 488 718 853 811 524 312 99 17 4156
45 S 25 56 112 335 823 1540 2393 3204 3728 4040 4139 4156 4156
50 M 10 8 13 117 337 568 698 656 379 184 43 3 3014
50 S 10 17 30 147 483 1051 1749 2405 2784 2968 3011 3014 3014
55 M 4 1 3 44 200 418 543 501 243 80 11 0 2047
55 S 4 4 7 51 251 669 1212 1713 1955 2036 2047 2047 2047
60 M 0 0 0 9 93 273 388 346 122 23 4 0 1258
60 S 0 0 0 10 102 375 763 1110 1231 1254 1258 1258 1258
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 41 60 107 239 402 552 658 639 434 296 149 40 3617
50 S 41 101 208 447 849 1401 2059 2698 3132 3428 3577 3617 3617
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