NEWKIRK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296115) NEWKIRK
From Year=1926 To Year=2009
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 81 135 283 499 789 1037 1181 1119 880 573 234 92 6905
40 S 81 216 499 998 1787 2824 4006 5125 6005 6578 6812 6905 6905
45 M 31 63 164 358 635 887 1026 964 730 424 131 37 5450
45 S 31 93 258 615 1250 2137 3163 4127 4858 5282 5413 5450 5450
50 M 8 22 79 229 482 737 871 809 581 282 59 10 4169
50 S 8 30 108 337 819 1556 2427 3236 3817 4099 4159 4169 4169
55 M 1 4 28 122 334 587 716 654 433 158 19 1 3059
55 S 1 5 33 155 489 1076 1792 2446 2880 3038 3057 3059 3059
60 M 0 0 5 48 199 438 561 499 290 70 4 0 2116
60 S 0 0 6 54 253 691 1252 1752 2042 2112 2116 2116 2116
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 96 140 239 357 510 650 757 726 569 383 191 100 4717
50 S 96 236 475 832 1342 1993 2749 3475 4044 4427 4618 4717 4717
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