CLINES CORNERS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291913) CLINES CORNERS
From Year=1959 To Year=1968
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	2	15	83	199	488	737	906	817	610	345	86	9	4296
40 S	2	17	100	299	787	1523	2429	3247	3857	4201	4287	4296	4296
45 M	0	4	22	87	334	587	751	662	460	200	22	1	3130
45 S	0	4	26	113	447	1034	1785	2447	2907	3107	3129	3130	3130
50 M	0	0	2	24	188	437	596	507	311	81	1	0	2147
50 S	0	0	2	26	214	651	1247	1754	2065	2146	2147	2147	2147
55 M	0	0	0	2	73	289	441	352	168	20	0	0	1346
55 S	0	0	0	3	76	365	806	1158	1327	1346	1346	1346	1346
60 M	0	0	0	0	11	152	288	199	59	1	0	0	710
60 S	0	0	0	0	11	163	451	650	708	710	710	710	710

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	7	23	107	201	360	484	579	512	392	270	94	18	3046
50 S	7	30	137	338	698	1182	1760	2272	2664	2934	3028	3046	3046

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