FAYWOOD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293157) FAYWOOD
From Year=1946 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	97	150	306	496	764	1002	1121	1051	856	587	254	98	6783
40 S	97	247	554	1049	1813	2816	3936	4987	5843	6430	6685	6783	6783
45 M	27	61	173	349	609	852	966	896	706	434	135	31	5238
45 S	27	88	261	610	1219	2071	3037	3933	4639	5072	5207	5238	5238
50 M	4	15	77	211	455	702	811	741	556	285	51	5	3913
50 S	4	19	96	307	762	1464	2275	3016	3571	3856	3908	3913	3913
55 M	0	2	23	96	303	552	656	586	406	153	11	0	2789
55 S	0	2	25	121	424	976	1632	2218	2624	2778	2789	2789	2789
60 M	0	0	3	27	165	403	501	431	259	57	0	0	1846
60 S	0	0	3	30	195	597	1098	1529	1788	1845	1846	1846	1846

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	111	145	251	364	509	622	721	691	553	393	214	110	4685
50 S	111	256	507	871	1380	2002	2724	3415	3968	4361	4575	4685	4685

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