VAUGHN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299405) VAUGHN
From Year=1909 To Year=1981
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	31	71	152	348	610	889	1021	952	741	462	144	44	5465
40 S	31	102	254	602	1212	2101	3122	4074	4816	5277	5421	5465	5465
45 M	6	22	66	218	457	739	866	797	592	317	62	11	4154
45 S	6	29	95	312	770	1509	2375	3172	3764	4082	4143	4154	4154
50 M	1	4	20	110	310	589	711	642	444	191	16	1	3039
50 S	1	4	24	134	445	1034	1745	2387	2831	3022	3038	3039	3039
55 M	0	0	4	40	177	440	556	487	300	92	1	0	2097
55 S	0	0	4	44	221	660	1216	1704	2004	2095	2097	2097	2097
60 M	0	0	0	8	75	294	401	333	167	28	0	0	1307
60 S	0	0	0	9	84	378	780	1112	1279	1307	1307	1307	1307

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	39	75	145	260	401	564	658	616	466	306	129	51	3711
50 S	39	114	259	519	920	1484	2143	2759	3224	3531	3659	3711	3711

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