LAS VEGAS 2 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294850) LAS VEGAS 2 NW
From Year=1892 To Year=1983
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 26 36 114 265 504 757 891 846 629 350 98 34 4549
40 S 26 62 177 442 946 1702 2593 3439 4068 4418 4515 4549 4549
45 M 6 10 46 146 353 607 736 691 480 212 33 9 3329
45 S 6 16 62 208 561 1168 1904 2594 3074 3286 3320 3329 3329
50 M 1 2 12 59 213 458 581 536 333 102 7 1 2305
50 S 1 3 15 75 288 745 1326 1862 2195 2297 2304 2305 2305
55 M 0 0 2 14 98 311 426 381 194 33 1 0 1459
55 S 0 0 2 16 115 425 851 1232 1426 1458 1459 1459 1459
60 M 0 0 0 2 28 174 272 228 79 5 0 0 788
60 S 0 0 0 2 30 204 476 703 783 788 788 788 788
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 48 58 121 215 339 487 566 536 407 270 129 64 3241
50 S 48 107 228 443 782 1269 1836 2371 2779 3048 3177 3241 3241
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