MTN PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295960) MOUNTAIN PARK
From Year=1894 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	50	77	178	366	606	851	900	850	689	455	172	58	5250
40 S	50	127	305	670	1277	2127	3027	3877	4565	5021	5193	5250	5250
45 M	11	24	82	230	452	701	745	695	539	307	76	13	3875
45 S	11	35	117	347	799	1500	2245	2940	3478	3786	3862	3875	3875
50 M	1	4	26	116	302	551	590	540	389	174	21	2	2716
50 S	1	5	31	147	449	1000	1590	2130	2519	2693	2714	2716	2716
55 M	0	0	4	39	167	401	435	385	244	71	3	0	1748
55 S	0	0	4	43	210	611	1046	1430	1674	1745	1748	1748	1748
60 M	0	0	0	7	66	255	280	231	112	16	0	0	967
60 S	0	0	0	7	73	328	608	839	951	967	967	967	967

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	42	64	139	247	383	552	582	538	412	276	124	51	3411
50 S	42	106	245	492	876	1427	2009	2548	2960	3235	3360	3411	3411

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