MOSQUERO 1 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295937) MOSQUERO
From Year=1915 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	35	61	169	360	621	881	1035	971	736	448	140	41	5498
40 S	35	96	265	625	1246	2127	3162	4133	4869	5317	5457	5498	5498
45 M	9	21	83	229	468	731	880	816	587	304	62	11	4203
45 S	9	30	113	342	811	1542	2422	3238	3825	4129	4191	4203	4203
50 M	1	5	30	121	321	581	725	661	440	177	19	2	3082
50 S	1	6	36	157	478	1060	1784	2445	2885	3062	3081	3082	3082
55 M	0	0	7	47	189	433	570	506	299	79	3	0	2133
55 S	0	0	7	55	244	676	1246	1752	2051	2130	2133	2133	2133
60 M	0	0	1	12	86	288	415	352	169	23	0	0	1346
60 S	0	0	1	13	99	387	802	1153	1323	1346	1346	1346	1346

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	52	77	163	274	402	555	669	629	466	312	135	56	3789
50 S	52	129	292	565	968	1523	2191	2820	3287	3598	3733	3789	3789

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