LORDSBURG 4 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295079) LORDSBURG 4 SE
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 117 181 358 575 867 1124 1265 1194 988 679 293 116 7756
40 S 117 298 656 1231 2098 3223 4488 5682 6669 7348 7641 7756 7756
45 M 38 81 216 426 712 974 1110 1039 838 524 167 37 6163
45 S 38 119 335 761 1474 2448 3558 4597 5435 5959 6126 6163 6163
50 M 6 24 102 282 558 824 955 884 688 373 71 6 4773
50 S 6 30 132 415 972 1797 2752 3636 4323 4696 4767 4773 4773
55 M 0 3 32 154 404 674 800 729 538 230 18 0 3583
55 S 0 4 36 190 594 1268 2068 2797 3335 3565 3583 3583 3583
60 M 0 0 5 61 257 524 645 574 389 111 3 0 2569
60 S 0 0 5 66 323 847 1492 2066 2455 2566 2569 2569 2569
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 150 193 310 430 561 668 785 755 626 464 264 148 5355
50 S 150 343 653 1083 1644 2312 3097 3852 4479 4942 5206 5355 5355
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