BRAZOS LODGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291180) BRAZOS LODGE
From Year=1970 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 0 0 26 93 380 574 792 717 434 199 28 1 3244
40 S 0 0 26 119 500 1073 1865 2582 3016 3216 3244 3244 3244
45 M 0 0 8 30 240 426 637 562 293 97 3 0 2297
45 S 0 0 8 38 278 704 1341 1903 2196 2294 2297 2297 2297
50 M 0 0 1 5 124 283 482 407 169 33 0 0 1504
50 S 0 0 1 6 130 414 896 1303 1472 1504 1504 1504 1504
55 M 0 0 0 0 45 157 327 252 73 4 0 0 858
55 S 0 0 0 0 45 201 529 781 854 858 858 858 858
60 M 0 0 0 0 9 60 178 113 12 0 0 0 372
60 S 0 0 0 0 9 69 247 360 372 372 372 372 372
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 1 37 108 268 372 496 425 262 145 33 1 2148
50 S 1 2 39 147 415 787 1282 1707 1970 2114 2147 2148 2148
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