EICKS RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292757) EICKS RANCH
From Year=1916 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	81	130	263	470	711	977	1082	1013	846	577	250	125	6526
40 S	81	212	475	945	1656	2633	3715	4728	5574	6152	6401	6526	6526
45 M	21	50	137	323	556	827	927	858	696	423	130	42	4990
45 S	21	71	207	530	1087	1914	2841	3699	4395	4818	4949	4990	4990
50 M	2	10	47	188	403	677	772	703	546	272	47	8	3677
50 S	2	12	60	248	652	1329	2101	2804	3350	3623	3669	3677	3677
55 M	0	2	7	82	256	527	617	548	397	141	8	0	2585
55 S	0	2	9	91	348	875	1492	2040	2437	2577	2585	2585	2585
60 M	0	0	0	21	127	378	462	393	249	48	0	0	1678
60 S	0	0	0	21	148	526	988	1381	1630	1678	1678	1678	1678

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	96	131	218	344	481	609	698	667	539	386	214	130	4512
50 S	96	227	445	789	1271	1880	2577	3245	3784	4169	4383	4512	4512

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