HOBBS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294026) HOBBS
From Year=1914 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	154	233	421	661	943	1144	1246	1204	980	707	347	185	8225
40 S	154	388	809	1470	2413	3557	4804	6007	6987	7694	8040	8225	8225
45 M	73	132	285	514	788	994	1091	1049	830	554	222	92	6623
45 S	73	205	489	1003	1791	2785	3876	4925	5755	6309	6531	6623	6623
50 M	26	60	167	370	633	844	936	894	680	405	120	34	5169
50 S	26	85	252	623	1256	2100	3036	3930	4610	5015	5135	5169	5169
55 M	6	20	79	238	480	694	781	739	531	265	49	8	3889
55 S	6	26	104	342	822	1516	2297	3036	3567	3832	3881	3889	3889
60 M	0	4	28	128	331	544	626	584	385	144	12	1	2787
60 S	0	4	32	160	490	1035	1661	2244	2630	2774	2786	2787	2787

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	139	186	303	434	602	731	810	790	641	450	241	158	5485
50 S	139	325	628	1062	1664	2395	3206	3996	4637	5086	5327	5485	5485

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