WOLF CANYON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299820) WOLF CANYON
From Year=1952 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 7 55 215 445 609 557 352 113 6 0 2357
40 S 0 0 7 62 277 722 1330 1887 2239 2352 2357 2357 2357
45 M 0 0 0 9 94 296 454 402 207 32 0 0 1494
45 S 0 0 0 10 104 400 853 1255 1463 1494 1494 1494 1494
50 M 0 0 0 1 24 159 299 247 85 4 0 0 817
50 S 0 0 0 1 24 183 481 729 814 817 817 817 817
55 M 0 0 0 0 3 55 147 101 16 0 0 0 322
55 S 0 0 0 0 3 58 204 306 322 322 322 322 322
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 7 31 13 1 0 0 0 52
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 7 38 51 52 52 52 52 52
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 4 27 97 223 363 415 372 280 152 35 6 1977
50 S 3 7 34 131 354 716 1132 1504 1784 1936 1971 1977 1977
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