FORT BAYARD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293265) FORT BAYARD
From Year=1897 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	61	99	210	396	653	910	1010	954	780	515	203	70	5861
40 S	61	160	370	766	1419	2329	3339	4293	5073	5588	5791	5861	5861
45 M	14	33	100	254	498	760	855	799	631	364	97	18	4422
45 S	14	47	147	401	899	1660	2515	3313	3944	4308	4404	4422	4422
50 M	2	6	34	133	346	610	700	644	481	221	31	2	3209
50 S	2	8	42	174	521	1131	1831	2475	2956	3176	3207	3209	3209
55 M	0	1	7	49	205	461	545	489	331	103	5	0	2195
55 S	0	1	7	56	261	722	1267	1755	2087	2190	2195	2195	2195
60 M	0	0	1	11	90	313	390	334	189	30	0	0	1357
60 S	0	0	1	12	102	415	805	1139	1327	1357	1357	1357	1357

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	69	97	173	286	432	583	660	626	494	333	163	75	3992
50 S	69	166	339	625	1057	1640	2301	2927	3421	3754	3917	3992	3992

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