LAS VEGAS MUNI AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294856) LAS VEGAS FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1940 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 26 42 110 259 507 757 890 834 628 363 110 33 4558
40 S 26 68 177 436 943 1700 2590 3424 4052 4415 4525 4558 4558
45 M 7 12 45 146 357 607 735 679 480 227 45 8 3347
45 S 7 18 63 209 566 1173 1908 2587 3067 3294 3339 3347 3347
50 M 1 2 12 63 218 458 580 524 334 116 11 1 2318
50 S 1 3 14 77 295 753 1333 1856 2190 2306 2317 2318 2318
55 M 0 0 2 17 104 310 425 369 196 40 1 0 1466
55 S 0 0 2 19 123 434 859 1228 1424 1464 1466 1466 1466
60 M 0 0 0 2 34 174 271 217 83 7 0 0 788
60 S 0 0 0 2 36 211 482 698 782 788 788 788 788
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 39 54 114 205 337 477 566 524 391 260 108 48 3124
50 S 39 93 207 412 749 1226 1793 2317 2708 2968 3076 3124 3124
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