LAS VEGAS FAA AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294856) LAS VEGAS FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1941 To Year=2003
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 26 43 105 258 504 752 887 830 628 362 111 34 4540
40 S 26 69 174 432 936 1688 2575 3405 4034 4396 4507 4540 4540
45 M 7 12 42 146 354 602 732 675 480 227 45 8 3330
45 S 7 19 61 206 561 1163 1894 2570 3050 3276 3321 3330 3330
50 M 1 2 10 63 215 453 577 520 334 115 11 1 2302
50 S 1 3 13 76 291 744 1321 1841 2175 2290 2302 2302 2302
55 M 0 0 2 17 102 306 422 366 196 40 1 0 1452
55 S 0 0 2 19 121 427 849 1214 1411 1451 1452 1452 1452
60 M 0 0 0 2 33 170 268 213 83 7 0 0 776
60 S 0 0 0 2 35 205 473 687 770 776 776 776 776
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 38 56 110 205 335 474 564 521 391 259 109 49 3112
50 S 38 94 204 409 744 1219 1782 2304 2695 2954 3063 3112 3112
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