CROSSROADS 2, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292207) CROSSROADS #2
From Year=1929 To Year=2001
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	91	148	316	537	824	1032	1139	1090	865	587	260	113	7003
40 S	91	239	555	1092	1917	2949	4088	5178	6043	6630	6890	7003	7003
45 M	32	72	193	394	669	882	984	935	715	437	151	46	5510
45 S	32	103	297	690	1360	2242	3226	4161	4876	5313	5464	5510	5510
50 M	7	26	98	259	515	732	829	780	567	294	69	13	4189
50 S	7	34	132	390	906	1638	2467	3247	3814	4107	4176	4189	4189
55 M	1	6	37	143	364	582	674	625	420	166	20	2	3041
55 S	1	7	44	187	552	1134	1808	2433	2853	3019	3039	3041	3041
60 M	0	1	8	60	223	433	519	470	278	71	3	0	2065
60 S	0	1	9	69	291	724	1243	1713	1991	2062	2065	2065	2065

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	116	153	267	382	525	654	741	712	555	391	210	127	4833
50 S	116	268	536	917	1442	2097	2837	3549	4104	4495	4705	4833	4833

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