SPRINGER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298501) SPRINGER
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	17	36	120	308	578	821	975	924	690	391	91	18	4969
40 S	17	54	174	482	1060	1881	2856	3780	4469	4860	4951	4969	4969
45 M	4	9	46	181	426	671	820	769	540	247	31	4	3749
45 S	4	14	59	241	666	1337	2157	2926	3466	3714	3745	3749	3749
50 M	1	2	12	83	278	521	665	614	392	125	6	0	2698
50 S	1	2	14	97	375	896	1561	2175	2567	2691	2698	2698	2698
55 M	0	0	2	24	148	371	510	459	248	43	1	0	1807
55 S	0	0	2	26	174	546	1056	1515	1763	1806	1807	1807	1807
60 M	0	0	0	4	55	227	355	304	120	9	0	0	1075
60 S	0	0	0	4	59	286	641	945	1065	1074	1075	1075	1075

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	53	86	169	277	409	518	606	582	460	335	142	60	3698
50 S	53	139	308	585	994	1512	2118	2700	3161	3496	3638	3698	3698

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