BARTON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290765) BARTON
From Year=1914 To Year=1926
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 3 252 263 581 757 956 799 655 349 107 7 4731
40 S 2 5 257 519 1100 1857 2813 3612 4267 4616 4723 4731 4731
45 M 0 0 139 147 426 608 801 644 506 218 43 0 3532
45 S 0 0 139 286 712 1321 2122 2765 3271 3489 3532 3532 3532
50 M 0 0 57 65 280 462 646 489 361 116 13 0 2488
50 S 0 0 57 121 401 863 1509 1998 2359 2475 2488 2488 2488
55 M 0 0 6 20 148 317 491 334 222 55 2 0 1595
55 S 0 0 6 27 174 491 982 1316 1538 1593 1595 1595 1595
60 M 0 0 0 4 53 178 336 182 109 16 0 0 877
60 S 0 0 0 4 56 234 571 752 861 877 877 877 877
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 5 1 179 193 389 485 603 508 422 242 97 14 3137
50 S 5 6 184 377 766 1251 1854 2362 2784 3026 3123 3137 3137
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