ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292860) ELIZABETHTOWN
From Year=1904 To Year=1948
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 0 12 40 175 406 525 502 306 81 5 0 2053
40 S 1 1 14 54 229 635 1159 1662 1968 2048 2053 2053 2053
45 M 0 0 2 7 70 258 372 349 169 21 0 0 1247
45 S 0 0 2 9 79 336 708 1057 1226 1247 1247 1247 1247
50 M 0 0 0 0 15 121 227 201 59 3 0 0 625
50 S 0 0 0 0 15 136 362 563 622 625 625 625 625
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 29 94 68 9 0 0 0 202
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 31 125 193 202 202 202 202 202
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 6 0 0 0 0 23
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 22 23 23 23 23 23
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 0 18 60 192 343 365 340 275 127 29 2 1753
50 S 1 2 20 80 272 615 980 1320 1595 1721 1751 1753 1753
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