KINGSTON RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294506) KINGSTON RANGER STN
From Year=1915 To Year=1953
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	85	55	160	357	612	929	998	992	768	498	172	15	5640
40 S	85	139	300	656	1268	2197	3195	4187	4955	5453	5625	5640	5640
45 M	21	19	66	227	458	779	843	837	618	346	78	1	4293
45 S	21	39	106	333	791	1570	2413	3250	3868	4214	4292	4293	4293
50 M	1	3	21	124	315	629	688	682	468	202	21	0	3155
50 S	1	4	25	149	464	1093	1781	2463	2931	3133	3155	3155	3155
55 M	0	0	2	50	186	479	533	527	318	90	1	0	2187
55 S	0	0	2	52	238	717	1250	1777	2095	2185	2187	2187	2187
60 M	0	0	0	16	86	331	378	372	176	15	0	0	1373
60 S	0	0	0	16	102	433	811	1183	1359	1373	1373	1373	1373

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	88	91	175	298	434	604	647	643	509	380	188	58	4113
50 S	88	178	353	651	1085	1689	2336	2979	3488	3868	4055	4113	4113

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