ARTESIA 6S, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290600) ARTESIA 6 S
From Year=1905 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 119 190 386 615 911 1132 1234 1191 942 646 291 116 7774
40 S 119 309 695 1309 2221 3353 4587 5779 6720 7367 7658 7774 7774
45 M 52 100 252 468 756 982 1079 1036 792 494 175 49 6236
45 S 52 152 404 872 1628 2610 3690 4726 5518 6012 6187 6236 6236
50 M 18 43 139 328 602 832 924 881 642 348 86 15 4859
50 S 18 61 201 528 1130 1962 2887 3768 4410 4758 4844 4859 4859
55 M 5 15 61 201 449 682 769 726 494 214 31 3 3651
55 S 5 20 82 282 732 1414 2183 2909 3403 3617 3648 3651 3651
60 M 1 6 19 100 302 532 614 571 350 106 7 1 2609
60 S 1 7 26 126 428 960 1575 2146 2495 2601 2608 2609 2609
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 152 201 312 426 573 700 785 760 599 434 250 149 5342
50 S 152 354 666 1091 1664 2364 3149 3909 4508 4942 5192 5342 5342
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