FLORIDA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293225) FLORIDA
From Year=1929 To Year=1992
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	80	149	303	519	793	1057	1210	1136	918	630	263	93	7153
40 S	80	230	533	1052	1845	2902	4112	5249	6167	6797	7060	7153	7153
45 M	21	62	169	372	638	907	1055	981	768	476	138	28	5615
45 S	21	83	251	623	1261	2169	3224	4205	4973	5449	5587	5615	5615
50 M	3	18	72	231	483	757	900	826	618	325	48	5	4286
50 S	3	20	92	323	807	1564	2464	3290	3908	4233	4282	4286	4286
55 M	0	3	22	112	332	607	745	671	468	186	9	1	3155
55 S	0	3	24	136	468	1075	1820	2491	2959	3145	3154	3155	3155
60 M	0	0	3	35	190	457	590	516	320	78	1	0	2190
60 S	0	0	3	39	228	685	1276	1792	2112	2189	2190	2190	2190

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	122	182	291	407	533	635	754	723	582	445	252	137	5064
50 S	122	305	596	1003	1536	2171	2925	3648	4230	4676	4927	5064	5064

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