CLIFF 11 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291910) CLIFF 11 SE
From Year=1937 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 44 93 221 414 678 935 1105 1042 832 530 186 44 6125
40 S 44 137 358 772 1449 2384 3489 4531 5364 5894 6080 6125 6125
45 M 7 28 101 270 523 785 950 887 682 378 80 8 4698
45 S 7 35 136 406 929 1714 2664 3551 4233 4611 4691 4698 4698
50 M 0 5 29 142 370 635 795 732 532 232 20 1 3494
50 S 0 5 34 176 546 1181 1976 2708 3240 3473 3493 3494 3494
55 M 0 0 5 51 223 485 640 577 383 111 2 0 2476
55 S 0 0 5 56 279 764 1404 1981 2364 2474 2476 2476 2476
60 M 0 0 0 11 102 336 485 422 235 34 0 0 1625
60 S 0 0 0 11 113 449 934 1356 1591 1625 1625 1625 1625
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 106 148 247 361 493 580 691 664 541 407 220 107 4563
50 S 106 254 500 861 1354 1934 2624 3288 3830 4237 4456 4563 4563
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