CIMARRON 4 SW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291813) CIMARRON 4 SW
From Year=1904 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 26 39 112 265 506 746 886 835 628 362 104 30 4540
40 S 26 66 177 443 949 1695 2581 3416 4044 4406 4511 4540 4540
45 M 7 11 44 147 356 596 731 680 479 224 39 7 3321
45 S 7 18 62 209 565 1161 1892 2572 3051 3275 3314 3321 3321
50 M 1 2 11 62 215 447 576 525 332 110 8 1 2289
50 S 1 3 15 76 291 738 1314 1839 2171 2280 2288 2289 2289
55 M 0 0 2 16 101 299 421 371 192 36 1 0 1437
55 S 0 0 2 18 119 418 838 1209 1401 1437 1437 1437 1437
60 M 0 0 0 2 30 162 267 218 77 6 0 0 762
60 S 0 0 0 2 32 194 461 679 756 762 762 762 762
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 43 58 125 217 344 478 562 527 409 280 119 49 3210
50 S 43 101 226 443 787 1264 1826 2353 2762 3042 3162 3210 3210
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