FENCE LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293180) FENCE LAKE 1 N
From Year=1933 To Year=2007
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 16 81 211 466 716 909 833 616 318 66 8 4246
40 S 6 22 103 315 781 1497 2405 3238 3854 4172 4238 4246 4246
45 M 0 2 23 103 316 566 754 678 467 185 18 1 3112
45 S 0 2 25 129 445 1011 1765 2442 2909 3094 3111 3112 3112
50 M 0 0 3 34 181 416 599 523 319 81 3 0 2159
50 S 0 0 3 38 218 635 1234 1756 2075 2156 2159 2159 2159
55 M 0 0 0 6 77 270 444 368 181 21 0 0 1366
55 S 0 0 0 6 82 353 797 1164 1345 1366 1366 1366 1366
60 M 0 0 0 0 19 140 289 213 71 2 0 0 735
60 S 0 0 0 0 20 160 449 662 733 735 735 735 735
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 23 44 121 226 377 498 577 532 419 277 107 31 3230
50 S 23 66 187 413 790 1288 1866 2398 2816 3093 3199 3230 3230
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