BEAVERHEAD RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290818) BEAVERHEAD R S
From Year=1916 To Year=2008
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 15 62 185 421 663 833 768 563 284 48 4 3851
40 S 4 19 80 266 687 1350 2183 2951 3514 3798 3846 3851 3851
45 M 0 2 14 76 271 513 678 613 413 149 9 0 2738
45 S 0 2 16 92 362 876 1554 2167 2580 2729 2738 2738 2738
50 M 0 0 1 18 137 364 523 458 265 52 1 0 1818
50 S 0 0 1 19 156 520 1043 1501 1765 1818 1818 1818 1818
55 M 0 0 0 2 47 219 368 303 130 9 0 0 1077
55 S 0 0 0 2 49 268 636 938 1068 1077 1077 1077 1077
60 M 0 0 0 0 9 99 214 152 38 0 0 0 512
60 S 0 0 0 0 9 108 321 473 511 512 512 512 512
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 40 66 144 252 383 490 534 493 406 289 129 46 3272
50 S 40 107 250 502 884 1374 1909 2402 2808 3097 3226 3272 3272
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