COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292024) COLUMBUS
From Year=1909 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 151 247 451 673 959 1206 1296 1222 1022 742 349 159 8478
40 S 151 398 849 1522 2481 3687 4983 6205 7228 7970 8319 8478 8478
45 M 61 134 303 524 804 1056 1141 1067 872 588 218 68 6835
45 S 61 195 498 1022 1825 2881 4022 5090 5962 6549 6767 6835 6835
50 M 15 53 173 377 649 906 986 912 722 435 111 19 5359
50 S 15 68 242 618 1267 2173 3159 4071 4793 5229 5340 5359 5359
55 M 2 14 77 239 495 756 831 757 572 289 42 3 4077
55 S 2 16 93 331 826 1581 2413 3170 3742 4032 4074 4077 4077
60 M 0 2 22 121 342 606 676 602 424 160 10 0 2965
60 S 0 2 24 145 488 1093 1769 2372 2795 2955 2965 2965 2965
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 140 197 322 452 616 751 836 802 670 482 255 140 5663
50 S 140 337 659 1112 1727 2478 3314 4116 4785 5268 5523 5663 5663
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