FARMINGTON 4 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293134) FARMINGTON 3 NE
From Year=1914 To Year=1978
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 25 111 284 598 860 1097 1017 735 395 76 7 5209
40 S 4 30 140 424 1022 1882 2980 3997 4731 5126 5202 5209 5209
45 M 0 4 40 160 444 710 942 862 585 252 21 0 4020
45 S 0 4 44 204 649 1359 2301 3163 3747 3999 4020 4020 4020
50 M 0 0 9 68 296 560 787 707 435 131 2 0 2996
50 S 0 0 9 77 373 933 1720 2427 2862 2993 2996 2996 2996
55 M 0 0 1 18 164 410 632 552 290 49 0 0 2117
55 S 0 0 1 19 183 593 1226 1778 2068 2117 2117 2117 2117
60 M 0 0 0 3 65 266 477 397 157 11 0 0 1375
60 S 0 0 0 3 68 333 811 1208 1364 1375 1375 1375 1375
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 14 52 146 265 439 546 673 637 495 330 113 20 3728
50 S 14 65 212 476 916 1462 2134 2771 3266 3595 3708 3728 3728
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