MESCALERO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295657) MESCALERO
From Year=1911 To Year=1978
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 23 41 119 275 509 731 829 779 619 366 113 23 4427
40 S 23 64 182 457 966 1697 2526 3306 3924 4291 4404 4427 4427
45 M 4 9 44 148 356 581 674 624 469 223 36 3 3171
45 S 4 13 57 204 560 1141 1815 2439 2909 3131 3167 3171 3171
50 M 0 1 10 54 210 431 519 469 321 102 5 0 2122
50 S 0 1 11 65 275 707 1226 1695 2015 2117 2122 2122 2122
55 M 0 0 1 11 89 282 364 314 178 28 0 0 1268
55 S 0 0 1 12 101 384 748 1062 1239 1268 1268 1268 1268
60 M 0 0 0 1 21 142 209 161 60 4 0 0 599
60 S 0 0 0 1 22 164 373 535 595 599 599 599 599
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 34 54 116 226 364 478 520 483 388 263 115 42 3083
50 S 34 87 204 430 794 1272 1792 2274 2663 2926 3041 3083 3083
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