SELSOR RANCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298192) SELSOR RANCH
From Year=1912 To Year=1951
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 56 223 431 622 568 344 96 6 0 2350
40 S 0 0 6 61 284 715 1337 1905 2249 2345 2350 2350 2350
45 M 0 0 1 8 99 283 467 413 199 25 0 0 1494
45 S 0 0 1 9 107 390 857 1270 1469 1494 1494 1494 1494
50 M 0 0 0 0 26 147 312 259 80 3 0 0 827
50 S 0 0 0 0 26 173 485 744 823 827 827 827 827
55 M 0 0 0 0 3 50 160 110 18 0 0 0 340
55 S 0 0 0 0 3 52 212 322 340 340 340 340 340
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 8 41 18 2 0 0 0 69
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 8 49 67 69 69 69 69 69
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 4 25 107 259 386 444 423 317 161 57 11 2197
50 S 3 8 33 140 398 784 1228 1651 1968 2129 2186 2197 2197
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