RUIDOSO 2 NNE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297649) RUIDOSO 2 NNE
From Year=1942 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 22 32 91 224 449 666 772 728 549 294 83 23 3932
40 S 22 54 145 368 817 1482 2254 2982 3531 3825 3908 3932 3932
45 M 4 7 29 109 297 516 617 573 399 158 23 4 2734
45 S 4 11 39 148 445 960 1577 2150 2549 2707 2730 2734 2734
50 M 0 1 6 36 160 366 462 418 252 59 4 0 1764
50 S 0 1 7 43 203 569 1031 1449 1701 1760 1763 1764 1764
55 M 0 0 1 8 62 220 307 263 118 13 0 0 992
55 S 0 0 1 9 71 291 598 861 979 991 992 992 992
60 M 0 0 0 1 16 97 155 115 29 1 0 0 413
60 S 0 0 0 1 17 113 269 384 412 413 413 413 413
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 48 63 127 231 370 472 497 467 382 262 123 56 3100
50 S 48 111 238 470 840 1312 1809 2277 2659 2921 3044 3100 3100
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