GAGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293368) GAGE 4 ESE
From Year=1899 To Year=2007
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	106	169	342	539	842	1102	1236	1163	941	657	282	96	7474
40 S	106	275	617	1156	1998	3100	4336	5499	6440	7097	7379	7474	7474
45 M	34	72	203	392	687	952	1081	1008	791	503	156	29	5908
45 S	34	106	309	701	1388	2340	3421	4429	5220	5723	5879	5908	5908
50 M	6	19	94	252	532	802	926	853	641	352	63	5	4545
50 S	6	25	119	371	903	1705	2631	3484	4125	4477	4540	4545	4545
55 M	1	3	29	132	379	652	771	698	492	211	15	0	3384
55 S	1	3	32	164	544	1196	1966	2665	3157	3368	3383	3384	3384
60 M	0	0	4	50	234	502	616	543	346	98	1	0	2394
60 S	0	0	4	54	289	791	1406	1949	2295	2393	2394	2394	2394

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	127	166	286	394	549	665	781	749	605	442	244	117	5125
50 S	127	293	579	973	1522	2187	2968	3717	4322	4763	5008	5125	5125

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