CUBA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292241) CUBA
From Year=1938 To Year=2010
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	6	47	165	404	660	867	802	557	248	31	3	3790
40 S	1	7	54	219	623	1282	2149	2952	3509	3757	3787	3790	3790
45 M	0	0	11	71	258	510	712	647	408	126	6	0	2750
45 S	0	0	11	82	341	850	1562	2209	2618	2744	2749	2750	2750
50 M	0	0	2	19	132	361	557	492	263	44	0	0	1871
50 S	0	0	2	21	153	514	1071	1563	1826	1871	1871	1871	1871
55 M	0	0	0	3	46	220	402	337	133	8	0	0	1150
55 S	0	0	0	3	49	270	671	1009	1142	1150	1150	1150	1150
60 M	0	0	0	0	9	104	248	186	44	1	0	0	592
60 S	0	0	0	0	9	113	361	547	591	592	592	592	592

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	12	23	89	196	338	475	560	523	405	262	85	21	2988
50 S	12	34	123	319	657	1132	1691	2214	2620	2882	2967	2988	2988

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