POTASH MINE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297028) POTASH MINE
From Year=1954 To Year=1968
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	153	237	456	737	1021	1210	1319	1271	1053	752	387	199	8796
40 S	153	390	847	1584	2605	3815	5134	6405	7458	8210	8597	8796	8796
45 M	69	137	314	587	866	1060	1164	1116	903	598	254	96	7164
45 S	69	206	520	1107	1973	3033	4198	5314	6217	6815	7069	7164	7164
50 M	24	62	190	440	711	910	1009	961	753	446	143	36	5685
50 S	24	86	276	716	1427	2337	3347	4308	5061	5506	5650	5685	5685
55 M	6	23	95	300	556	760	854	806	603	299	60	12	4376
55 S	6	29	124	424	980	1741	2595	3401	4004	4303	4364	4376	4376
60 M	1	8	34	175	403	610	699	651	454	169	13	2	3220
60 S	1	9	43	218	621	1231	1930	2581	3035	3204	3218	3220	3220

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	146	196	341	482	644	763	842	818	683	483	277	174	5848
50 S	146	342	683	1165	1810	2573	3415	4232	4915	5398	5674	5848	5848

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