ANIMAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290417) ANIMAS
From Year=1923 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 130 204 373 578 868 1097 1218 1139 954 674 308 120 7664
40 S 130 334 706 1285 2153 3250 4469 5607 6561 7236 7543 7664 7664
45 M 46 101 231 430 713 947 1063 984 804 521 182 43 6065
45 S 46 147 378 808 1521 2469 3532 4516 5320 5840 6022 6065 6065
50 M 10 35 117 287 558 797 908 829 654 370 84 9 4659
50 S 10 45 162 449 1008 1805 2713 3542 4196 4566 4650 4659 4659
55 M 1 7 43 162 405 647 753 674 504 227 27 1 3451
55 S 1 7 50 212 617 1264 2018 2692 3196 3423 3450 3451 3451
60 M 0 0 9 67 257 497 598 519 355 109 5 0 2417
60 S 0 0 9 76 333 830 1429 1948 2303 2412 2417 2417 2417
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 139 190 305 424 564 660 769 737 615 452 250 132 5235
50 S 139 329 633 1057 1620 2281 3050 3787 4401 4853 5103 5235 5235
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 Jul 28, 2006
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