FT STANTON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293288) FORT STANTON
From Year=1896 To Year=1974
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 41 52 145 322 565 821 905 868 663 400 135 34 4950
40 S 41 93 238 560 1125 1946 2851 3719 4381 4781 4916 4950 4950
45 M 12 14 61 188 411 671 750 713 513 253 52 8 3646
45 S 12 25 87 274 685 1357 2107 2819 3333 3586 3638 3646 3646
50 M 2 2 18 81 262 522 595 558 365 129 12 1 2546
50 S 2 4 22 103 365 887 1482 2040 2404 2533 2545 2546 2546
55 M 0 0 4 23 131 372 440 403 222 45 2 0 1641
55 S 0 0 4 26 157 530 970 1373 1594 1639 1641 1641 1641
60 M 0 0 0 4 43 228 286 249 99 10 0 0 918
60 S 0 0 0 4 47 275 561 810 908 918 918 918 918
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 66 84 162 272 400 534 574 553 436 321 167 68 3638
50 S 66 151 313 585 985 1519 2093 2645 3082 3403 3570 3638 3638
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