GOVERNADOR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293621) GOVERNADOR
From Year=1925 To Year=1951
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 17 105 237 464 742 990 947 689 357 36 4 4589
40 S 2 19 124 361 825 1567 2557 3504 4193 4549 4585 4589 4589
45 M 0 8 54 124 315 592 835 792 539 218 6 1 3483
45 S 0 8 62 187 501 1093 1929 2720 3259 3477 3482 3483 3483
50 M 0 8 31 51 181 442 680 637 389 103 0 0 2523
50 S 0 8 39 90 271 713 1393 2030 2419 2522 2523 2523 2523
55 M 0 7 18 15 78 297 525 482 244 32 0 0 1698
55 S 0 7 25 40 118 415 940 1422 1666 1698 1698 1698 1698
60 M 0 7 9 2 18 166 370 327 117 3 0 0 1018
60 S 0 7 15 17 36 201 571 898 1015 1018 1018 1018 1018
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 43 116 225 362 502 617 607 471 307 92 21 3372
50 S 10 52 169 394 756 1258 1875 2482 2953 3260 3351 3372 3372
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