HOBBS LEA CO AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294028) HOBBS FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1941 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	159	211	360	584	893	1156	1241	1208	962	680	296	171	7921
40 S	159	370	730	1314	2207	3363	4604	5812	6774	7454	7750	7921	7921
45 M	81	117	233	439	739	1006	1086	1053	812	527	178	82	6353
45 S	81	198	431	870	1609	2614	3701	4754	5565	6093	6270	6353	6353
50 M	32	51	127	303	584	856	931	898	662	379	87	31	4941
50 S	32	83	210	513	1098	1953	2885	3783	4444	4824	4910	4941	4941
55 M	7	14	52	184	433	706	776	743	512	244	27	7	3705
55 S	7	21	73	257	690	1396	2172	2915	3427	3671	3698	3705	3705
60 M	1	2	15	90	289	556	621	588	364	131	4	1	2663
60 S	1	3	18	108	398	954	1575	2163	2527	2658	2662	2663	2663

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	143	175	269	381	563	735	809	786	617	428	226	157	5290
50 S	143	318	587	969	1532	2267	3076	3862	4479	4907	5133	5290	5290

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