EXPERIMENT FARM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293094) EXPERIMENT FARM
From Year=1938 To Year=1957
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 20 52 185 428 688 927 1104 1026 801 475 85 22 5812
40 S 20 71 257 684 1372 2300 3404 4430 5231 5705 5790 5812 5812
45 M 4 14 85 283 533 777 949 871 651 323 26 3 4520
45 S 4 18 103 386 919 1697 2646 3517 4168 4491 4517 4520 4520
50 M 0 2 27 155 381 627 794 716 501 188 4 0 3396
50 S 0 2 29 184 565 1193 1987 2703 3204 3391 3396 3396 3396
55 M 0 0 4 63 234 477 639 561 351 83 0 0 2413
55 S 0 0 4 67 301 778 1417 1979 2330 2413 2413 2413 2413
60 M 0 0 1 13 107 328 484 406 205 23 0 0 1568
60 S 0 0 1 14 121 449 933 1339 1545 1568 1568 1568 1568
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 50 95 205 336 469 580 686 645 530 376 141 55 4169
50 S 50 145 350 686 1155 1735 2422 3067 3597 3973 4114 4169 4169
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