EAGLE NEST, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292700) EAGLE NEST
From Year=1929 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 1 1 14 70 233 454 616 566 354 118 11 1 2438
40 S 1 2 16 86 318 772 1388 1954 2308 2426 2437 2438 2438
45 M 0 0 2 18 111 306 461 411 211 37 2 0 1558
45 S 0 0 2 20 131 437 898 1308 1519 1557 1558 1558 1558
50 M 0 0 0 2 33 168 306 256 88 6 0 0 860
50 S 0 0 0 2 35 203 509 765 853 860 860 860 860
55 M 0 0 0 0 5 62 155 111 19 0 0 0 353
55 S 0 0 0 0 6 67 222 333 353 353 353 353 353
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 11 38 20 1 0 0 0 70
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 11 49 69 70 70 70 70 70
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 8 39 112 231 368 432 399 311 189 52 9 2154
50 S 4 12 51 164 394 762 1194 1593 1904 2093 2145 2154 2154
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