CLINES CORNERS 7SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291918) CLINES CORNERS 7 SE
From Year=1968 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 15 30 104 245 504 763 900 843 607 334 96 18 4459
40 S 15 45 149 394 898 1661 2561 3403 4011 4345 4440 4459 4459
45 M 2 6 38 131 354 613 745 688 458 201 36 3 3275
45 S 2 9 46 177 531 1144 1889 2576 3035 3236 3272 3275 3275
50 M 0 1 9 50 214 463 590 533 312 93 8 0 2273
50 S 0 1 9 59 273 736 1326 1859 2171 2264 2272 2273 2273
55 M 0 0 1 11 101 315 435 378 177 28 1 0 1446
55 S 0 0 1 12 113 428 863 1241 1418 1445 1446 1446 1446
60 M 0 0 0 1 32 179 280 225 66 3 0 0 787
60 S 0 0 0 1 34 212 493 717 784 787 787 787 787
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 16 39 110 207 345 488 576 533 379 237 87 22 3039
50 S 16 55 165 373 717 1206 1782 2315 2694 2931 3017 3039 3039
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