DAWSON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292384) DAWSON
From Year=1909 To Year=1961
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 28 99 325 518 728 910 889 620 327 76 20 4541
40 S 1 29 128 453 971 1699 2609 3498 4117 4445 4521 4541 4541
45 M 0 2 35 199 366 578 755 734 473 197 22 6 3367
45 S 0 2 37 236 602 1180 1935 2669 3142 3339 3361 3367 3367
50 M 0 0 7 92 221 428 600 579 330 85 2 0 2344
50 S 0 0 7 99 321 748 1349 1928 2258 2342 2344 2344 2344
55 M 0 0 1 26 103 282 445 424 201 20 0 0 1501
55 S 0 0 1 27 130 412 857 1281 1482 1501 1501 1501 1501
60 M 0 0 0 2 31 148 290 269 100 1 0 0 841
60 S 0 0 0 2 33 181 472 741 841 841 841 841 841
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 21 53 122 283 353 460 571 567 416 255 100 31 3230
50 S 21 73 195 478 831 1291 1862 2429 2845 3099 3199 3230 3230
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