MEXICAN SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295685) MEXICAN SPRINGS
From Year=1934 To Year=1972
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 14 66 291 521 795 1005 945 676 383 101 10 4814
40 S 6 20 86 377 898 1693 2698 3643 4320 4703 4804 4814 4814
45 M 0 1 13 172 373 645 850 790 528 241 36 1 3651
45 S 0 2 14 187 559 1204 2054 2845 3372 3613 3650 3651 3651
50 M 0 0 2 80 234 495 695 635 381 121 6 0 2650
50 S 0 0 2 83 317 812 1507 2142 2523 2644 2650 2650 2650
55 M 0 0 0 24 116 347 540 480 239 39 0 0 1785
55 S 0 0 0 24 140 487 1027 1507 1746 1785 1785 1785 1785
60 M 0 0 0 5 35 211 385 325 111 6 0 0 1078
60 S 0 0 0 5 40 251 636 961 1072 1078 1078 1078 1078
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 18 32 82 223 358 513 640 612 427 272 108 25 3312
50 S 18 51 133 356 714 1227 1867 2479 2907 3179 3287 3312 3312
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