DANLEY RANCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292362) DANLEY RANCH
From Year=1957 To Year=1974
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	17	102	242	489	728	903	821	614	320	73	11	4326
40 S	8	24	126	368	857	1585	2488	3310	3923	4243	4316	4326	4326
45 M	1	2	35	121	338	578	748	666	464	182	17	1	3152
45 S	1	2	37	158	496	1074	1822	2488	2952	3134	3151	3152	3152
50 M	0	0	7	40	198	428	593	511	315	74	1	0	2169
50 S	0	0	7	47	246	674	1267	1779	2093	2168	2169	2169	2169
55 M	0	0	1	6	87	282	438	356	171	18	0	0	1360
55 S	0	0	1	7	94	376	814	1171	1342	1360	1360	1360	1360
60 M	0	0	0	0	22	151	284	202	56	1	0	0	715
60 S	0	0	0	0	22	173	457	659	715	715	715	715	715

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	32	62	173	276	409	499	563	524	438	292	145	59	3474
50 S	32	94	267	543	952	1451	2014	2538	2977	3269	3414	3474	3474

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