GOWER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293626) GOWER
From Year=1919 To Year=1948
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	6	34	221	394	639	870	854	601	297	42	2	3963
40 S	2	9	42	263	657	1297	2166	3020	3622	3919	3961	3963	3963
45 M	0	0	11	108	252	491	715	699	451	165	3	0	2895
45 S	0	0	11	119	371	862	1577	2276	2727	2892	2895	2895	2895
50 M	0	0	3	35	133	351	560	544	301	72	0	0	1998
50 S	0	0	3	37	170	520	1080	1625	1926	1998	1998	1998	1998
55 M	0	0	0	5	42	222	410	389	157	19	0	0	1244
55 S	0	0	0	6	48	269	679	1069	1226	1244	1244	1244	1244
60 M	0	0	0	0	4	113	266	243	57	2	0	0	685
60 S	0	0	0	0	4	117	383	626	683	685	685	685	685

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	38	9	33	182	288	404	549	552	412	260	63	51	2842
50 S	38	47	80	262	550	954	1503	2056	2468	2728	2791	2842	2842

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