FT WINGATE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293305) FORT WINGATE
From Year=1897 To Year=1966
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	12	29	87	258	500	781	936	881	679	387	106	18	4674
40 S	12	41	127	385	885	1666	2602	3483	4163	4550	4656	4674	4674
45 M	2	6	30	145	352	631	781	726	529	248	38	2	3491
45 S	2	8	38	183	536	1166	1948	2674	3203	3451	3489	3491	3491
50 M	0	1	7	63	219	481	626	571	381	127	7	0	2485
50 S	0	1	8	72	290	772	1398	1969	2350	2478	2485	2485	2485
55 M	0	0	1	18	110	335	471	416	238	47	1	0	1638
55 S	0	0	1	19	129	465	936	1352	1591	1637	1638	1638	1638
60 M	0	0	0	3	37	199	317	262	114	9	0	0	941
60 S	0	0	0	3	40	239	556	818	933	941	941	941	941

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	19	33	83	190	328	503	607	564	431	277	110	33	3178
50 S	19	52	135	325	653	1156	1763	2327	2758	3034	3145	3178	3178

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