MOUNTAIN PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295960) MOUNTAIN PARK
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	52	78	178	362	605	842	898	841	685	455	170	59	5225
40 S	52	130	308	670	1275	2117	3015	3855	4541	4996	5166	5225	5225
45 M	12	24	81	227	451	692	743	686	535	307	74	13	3845
45 S	12	36	117	344	795	1487	2230	2915	3451	3758	3832	3845	3845
50 M	1	4	25	114	301	542	588	531	386	173	20	1	2686
50 S	1	5	30	143	445	987	1575	2105	2491	2665	2685	2686	2686
55 M	0	0	3	37	166	393	433	376	241	71	3	0	1722
55 S	0	0	4	41	207	600	1033	1408	1649	1720	1722	1722	1722
60 M	0	0	0	7	66	247	278	222	110	16	0	0	946
60 S	0	0	0	7	73	320	598	820	930	946	946	946	946

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	44	65	139	247	384	545	580	530	410	276	124	53	3394
50 S	44	109	247	494	878	1423	2003	2532	2942	3217	3341	3394	3394

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