FLYING H, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293174) FELIX
From Year=1917 To Year=1964
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 18 152 202 -99 659 819 985 912 681 -99 -99 -99 -99
40 S 18 170 372 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 5 72 84 -99 508 669 830 757 531 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 S 5 77 161 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 1 31 16 -99 368 519 675 602 381 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 S 1 32 48 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 13 1 -99 231 369 520 449 232 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 S 0 13 14 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 3 0 -99 114 221 365 299 109 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 S 0 3 3 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 63 177 275 -99 469 544 624 585 442 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 S 63 239 514 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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