ANTELOPE WELLS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290426) ANTELOPE WELLS
From Year=1990 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	161	230	403	602	883	1129	1212	1131	954	673	338	143	7860
40 S	161	391	794	1396	2279	3408	4620	5752	6705	7378	7717	7860	7860
45 M	66	118	259	453	728	979	1057	976	804	520	207	59	6225
45 S	66	184	442	895	1623	2602	3659	4636	5439	5960	6166	6225	6225
50 M	16	41	138	308	574	829	902	821	654	370	101	15	4770
50 S	16	58	195	504	1078	1907	2808	3630	4284	4653	4755	4770	4770
55 M	2	9	53	178	421	679	747	666	504	227	33	2	3521
55 S	2	11	64	242	663	1342	2089	2755	3259	3486	3519	3521	3521
60 M	0	1	13	77	272	529	592	511	355	109	6	0	2465
60 S	0	1	14	91	363	892	1484	1995	2350	2459	2465	2465	2465

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	184	214	328	432	566	692	783	739	613	467	288	161	5466
50 S	184	397	725	1157	1723	2415	3197	3936	4549	5016	5305	5466	5466

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 Oct 31, 2012
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