CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291927) CLOUDCROFT
From Year=1901 To Year=1987
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	6	10	42	142	338	566	622	575	434	212	40	9	2995
40 S	6	16	58	200	537	1104	1726	2301	2734	2947	2987	2995	2995
45 M	1	2	10	54	196	417	467	420	285	96	8	1	1957
45 S	1	2	13	67	263	679	1146	1566	1852	1948	1956	1957	1957
50 M	0	0	1	11	84	269	312	265	146	27	1	0	1117
50 S	0	0	1	13	97	366	678	943	1090	1116	1117	1117	1117
55 M	0	0	0	1	23	135	160	116	44	3	0	0	483
55 S	0	0	0	1	24	159	320	436	480	483	483	483	483
60 M	0	0	0	0	3	45	45	23	7	0	0	0	123
60 S	0	0	0	0	3	48	93	116	123	123	123	123	123

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	6	9	33	106	224	353	361	321	249	140	37	9	1849
50 S	6	16	49	155	379	732	1093	1414	1663	1803	1840	1849	1849

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