LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295147) LOS LUNAS
From Year=1892 To Year=1958
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	16	59	207	445	710	965	1144	1057	793	452	104	13	5964
40 S	16	75	282	726	1436	2401	3545	4602	5395	5847	5951	5964	5964
45 M	4	17	100	302	555	815	989	902	643	301	36	2	4666
45 S	4	21	121	423	978	1792	2782	3684	4327	4628	4664	4666	4666
50 M	1	4	34	173	403	665	834	747	494	164	6	0	3524
50 S	1	4	38	211	614	1279	2113	2860	3354	3518	3524	3524	3524
55 M	0	1	7	75	257	515	679	592	346	65	0	0	2538
55 S	0	1	8	82	340	855	1534	2126	2472	2538	2538	2538	2538
60 M	0	0	1	19	130	366	524	437	203	18	0	0	1698
60 S	0	0	1	20	149	516	1040	1477	1680	1698	1698	1698	1698

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	39	94	208	342	484	591	710	668	517	356	150	41	4199
50 S	39	133	341	683	1167	1758	2468	3136	3653	4008	4158	4199	4199

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