RAGLAND 3 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297226) RAGLAND 3 SSW
From Year=1935 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 59 100 242 459 733 973 1098 1040 800 518 197 64 6283
40 S 59 159 401 860 1593 2566 3664 4704 5504 6022 6219 6283 6283
45 M 18 42 133 319 579 823 943 885 650 371 103 22 4887
45 S 18 61 194 513 1091 1914 2858 3742 4393 4763 4866 4887 4887
50 M 4 12 58 193 426 673 788 730 502 233 40 4 3663
50 S 4 16 74 266 693 1366 2154 2884 3385 3618 3659 3663 3663
55 M 0 2 17 91 281 523 633 575 356 117 9 1 2606
55 S 0 3 20 111 392 915 1548 2123 2479 2596 2605 2606 2606
60 M 0 0 2 28 152 374 478 420 218 41 1 0 1716
60 S 0 0 3 31 183 558 1036 1456 1675 1716 1716 1716 1716
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 71 105 210 330 471 612 711 679 508 340 154 72 4265
50 S 71 177 386 717 1188 1800 2511 3191 3699 4039 4193 4265 4265
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