ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292848) ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
From Year=1908 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	110	200	391	616	904	1153	1255	1191	977	691	308	114	7912
40 S	110	311	702	1318	2222	3375	4630	5822	6799	7490	7798	7912	7912
45 M	38	97	249	467	749	1003	1100	1036	827	538	180	40	6325
45 S	38	135	384	852	1601	2604	3704	4741	5567	6105	6285	6325	6325
50 M	8	32	131	323	595	853	945	881	677	386	83	9	4923
50 S	8	40	171	494	1089	1942	2887	3768	4445	4831	4914	4923	4923
55 M	1	6	51	191	441	703	790	726	527	243	25	1	3705
55 S	1	7	58	249	689	1392	2183	2909	3436	3680	3704	3705	3705
60 M	0	1	12	87	292	553	635	571	379	121	4	0	2655
60 S	0	1	13	100	392	945	1580	2151	2530	2651	2655	2655	2655

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	94	152	264	393	584	741	829	797	647	432	209	92	5232
50 S	94	246	510	902	1486	2227	3056	3853	4499	4932	5140	5232	5232

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