WESTERN AG-MINERALS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299660) WESTERN AG-MINERALS
From Year=1986 To Year=1999
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 161 253 450 661 993 1201 1288 1234 989 750 360 178 8517
40 S 161 414 864 1525 2518 3719 5007 6242 7230 7980 8340 8517 8517
45 M 75 146 315 514 838 1051 1133 1079 839 596 236 89 6911
45 S 75 221 536 1050 1887 2939 4072 5151 5990 6586 6822 6911 6911
50 M 24 68 195 374 683 901 978 924 690 445 133 35 5450
50 S 24 92 287 661 1344 2245 3223 4147 4837 5282 5415 5450 5450
55 M 6 23 99 243 528 751 823 769 542 299 58 10 4152
55 S 6 30 128 371 900 1651 2474 3243 3785 4084 4142 4152 4152
60 M 1 5 36 134 377 601 668 614 396 169 17 2 3020
60 S 1 6 42 175 553 1154 1822 2436 2832 3001 3018 3020 3020
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 127 177 296 422 636 769 844 820 652 470 231 130 5575
50 S 127 304 600 1023 1658 2427 3272 4091 4743 5214 5445 5575 5575
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