LOS LUNAS 3 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295150) LOS LUNAS 3 SSW
From Year=1923 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	21	77	237	443	723	969	1142	1078	820	493	147	24	6173
40 S	21	98	335	777	1500	2469	3611	4690	5509	6003	6149	6173	6173
45 M	4	24	123	299	568	819	987	923	670	344	60	5	4825
45 S	4	28	150	449	1017	1836	2823	3746	4416	4760	4820	4825	4825
50 M	1	5	46	170	414	669	832	768	520	205	15	1	3646
50 S	1	5	52	222	636	1306	2138	2906	3426	3630	3645	3646	3646
55 M	0	0	11	72	267	519	677	613	371	93	2	0	2626
55 S	0	0	11	83	350	869	1546	2160	2530	2623	2626	2626	2626
60 M	0	0	1	18	137	369	522	458	227	26	0	0	1758
60 S	0	0	1	19	156	525	1047	1506	1733	1758	1758	1758	1758

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	66	125	243	356	491	596	717	689	532	376	175	61	4429
50 S	66	192	435	791	1282	1878	2595	3284	3816	4192	4367	4429	4429

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