RATON MUNI CREWS AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297283) RATON WB AIRPORT
From Year=1941 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 12 22 87 235 511 784 933 874 642 353 71 14 4538
40 S 12 34 120 355 866 1651 2584 3458 4100 4454 4524 4538 4538
45 M 1 4 33 128 360 634 778 719 494 216 20 2 3389
45 S 1 5 38 166 526 1160 1939 2658 3151 3367 3387 3389 3389
50 M 0 0 9 52 222 485 623 564 347 103 1 0 2407
50 S 0 0 9 61 283 768 1391 1955 2302 2406 2407 2407 2407
55 M 0 0 2 13 110 337 468 410 207 34 0 0 1580
55 S 0 0 2 15 125 462 930 1340 1547 1580 1580 1580 1580
60 M 0 0 0 2 36 199 313 256 90 4 0 0 900
60 S 0 0 0 2 38 237 550 806 896 900 900 900 900
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 41 56 125 210 353 494 590 554 422 297 111 50 3302
50 S 41 98 222 432 785 1280 1870 2423 2845 3142 3252 3302 3302
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