HOBBS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294026) HOBBS
From Year=1912 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	152	231	427	667	945	1149	1250	1211	979	706	347	178	8240
40 S	152	382	809	1476	2421	3570	4820	6030	7010	7715	8062	8240	8240
45 M	71	130	290	519	790	999	1095	1056	829	553	222	89	6642
45 S	71	201	491	1010	1800	2799	3894	4949	5779	6331	6553	6642	6642
50 M	25	59	171	376	635	849	940	901	680	404	119	33	5190
50 S	25	83	255	631	1265	2114	3054	3955	4635	5039	5158	5190	5190
55 M	5	20	82	243	481	699	785	746	531	264	48	8	3911
55 S	5	25	107	350	831	1530	2315	3061	3592	3856	3904	3911	3911
60 M	0	4	29	132	332	549	630	591	385	144	11	1	2809
60 S	0	4	33	165	497	1047	1677	2267	2652	2797	2808	2809	2809

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	138	184	306	437	602	733	812	793	640	449	241	152	5487
50 S	138	322	628	1066	1668	2400	3212	4005	4645	5094	5335	5487	5487

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