RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297323) RED RIVER
From Year=1906 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 0 0 6 53 208 432 580 541 350 110 5 0 2286
40 S 0 1 7 60 268 700 1280 1821 2170 2280 2286 2286 2286
45 M 0 0 1 10 90 284 425 386 205 31 0 0 1431
45 S 0 0 1 11 101 385 810 1195 1400 1431 1431 1431 1431
50 M 0 0 0 1 22 148 270 231 82 4 0 0 759
50 S 0 0 0 1 24 171 441 672 754 759 759 759 759
55 M 0 0 0 0 3 47 120 88 16 0 0 0 275
55 S 0 0 0 0 3 50 171 259 275 275 275 275 275
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 12 1 0 0 0 40
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 7 26 38 39 40 40 40 40
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 19 86 208 347 408 376 286 147 26 3 1909
50 S 1 4 23 109 317 664 1072 1448 1734 1880 1906 1909 1909
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