ENGLE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292945) ENGLE
From Year=1894 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 64 133 303 533 800 1045 1183 1132 905 598 221 71 6988
40 S 64 197 500 1033 1833 2878 4061 5192 6098 6695 6916 6988 6988
45 M 19 53 172 386 645 895 1028 977 755 445 111 21 5507
45 S 19 72 244 630 1275 2171 3198 4175 4931 5375 5486 5507 5507
50 M 5 14 75 248 491 745 873 822 606 299 41 5 4222
50 S 5 19 93 341 832 1577 2450 3271 3877 4176 4217 4222 4222
55 M 1 2 21 129 338 596 718 667 456 168 10 2 3108
55 S 1 4 25 154 491 1087 1805 2472 2928 3096 3106 3108 3108
60 M 0 0 4 47 196 447 563 512 309 72 1 0 2150
60 S 0 0 4 51 247 694 1256 1768 2077 2149 2150 2150 2150
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 77 131 253 380 518 641 759 738 580 397 198 80 4753
50 S 77 208 462 841 1359 2000 2759 3497 4077 4474 4673 4753 4753
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