CAMERON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291332) CAMERON
From Year=1927 To Year=1998
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	62	103	236	445	734	967	1105	1045	819	530	193	72	6310
40 S	62	164	401	845	1579	2546	3651	4696	5515	6045	6238	6310	6310
45 M	19	44	131	308	580	817	950	890	670	382	102	26	4917
45 S	19	63	194	501	1081	1898	2848	3738	4407	4790	4892	4917	4917
50 M	4	14	57	185	428	667	795	735	521	246	39	6	3697
50 S	4	17	75	260	688	1355	2150	2885	3406	3652	3691	3697	3697
55 M	0	2	17	89	283	518	640	580	375	131	9	1	2645
55 S	0	2	20	109	392	909	1549	2129	2504	2635	2644	2645	2645
60 M	0	0	3	31	155	370	485	425	237	52	1	0	1761
60 S	0	0	3	35	190	561	1046	1471	1708	1760	1761	1761	1761

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	73	106	206	323	470	613	716	681	524	352	157	81	4301
50 S	73	179	385	708	1178	1790	2506	3187	3712	4063	4220	4301	4301

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