FT BAYARD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293265) FORT BAYARD
From Year=1897 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 66 103 219 403 662 922 1024 966 787 519 207 73 5952
40 S 66 170 388 791 1453 2375 3399 4365 5153 5672 5879 5952 5952
45 M 17 36 107 261 507 772 869 811 637 368 100 19 4505
45 S 17 53 160 421 928 1700 2569 3380 4018 4385 4486 4505 4505
50 M 3 7 38 139 355 622 714 656 487 225 34 2 3283
50 S 3 10 48 187 542 1164 1878 2534 3022 3247 3280 3283 3283
55 M 0 1 8 53 213 472 559 501 338 106 6 0 2258
55 S 0 1 9 62 275 747 1306 1807 2146 2252 2258 2258 2258
60 M 0 0 1 12 97 324 404 346 195 31 0 0 1410
60 S 0 0 1 13 109 433 838 1184 1379 1410 1410 1410 1410
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 73 100 180 290 436 591 670 634 500 336 167 76 4053
50 S 73 173 353 643 1079 1670 2340 2975 3474 3810 3977 4053 4053
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