CORONA LINCOLN COM STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292096) CORONA 11 SSW
From Year=1977 To Year=1992
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 27 96 263 470 756 867 820 614 341 90 15 4365
40 S 4 32 128 391 862 1618 2485 3305 3919 4260 4350 4365 4365
45 M 0 7 33 146 321 606 712 665 466 207 31 2 3196
45 S 0 7 40 186 507 1113 1825 2490 2956 3163 3194 3196 3196
50 M 0 2 7 59 184 456 557 510 320 95 5 0 2196
50 S 0 2 9 68 252 708 1266 1775 2095 2190 2196 2196 2196
55 M 0 0 1 15 78 310 402 355 183 24 0 0 1369
55 S 0 0 1 17 95 404 807 1162 1344 1369 1369 1369 1369
60 M 0 0 0 2 18 174 248 204 72 2 0 0 721
60 S 0 0 0 2 20 195 443 647 719 721 721 721 721
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 40 102 214 310 477 550 512 365 236 79 26 2924
50 S 12 53 155 369 679 1156 1706 2218 2583 2819 2898 2924 2924
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