LYBROOK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295290) LYBROOK
From Year=1951 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	2	10	68	201	479	775	935	850	622	318	56	3	4319
40 S	2	12	80	281	760	1535	2470	3321	3943	4260	4316	4319	4319
45 M	0	1	23	102	333	625	780	695	472	189	15	0	3236
45 S	0	1	24	125	458	1083	1863	2559	3031	3221	3235	3236	3236
50 M	0	0	5	39	201	475	625	540	326	88	2	0	2301
50 S	0	0	5	43	245	720	1345	1886	2212	2299	2301	2301	2301
55 M	0	0	0	9	96	329	470	385	190	26	0	0	1506
55 S	0	0	0	9	105	434	904	1290	1480	1506	1506	1506	1506
60 M	0	0	0	1	31	195	316	232	81	4	0	0	859
60 S	0	0	0	1	32	227	543	775	856	859	859	859	859

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	4	13	62	151	316	503	609	543	385	209	55	6	2857
50 S	4	17	80	231	546	1050	1659	2202	2587	2797	2851	2857	2857

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