FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293340) FRUITLAND 2 E
From Year=1893 To Year=2010
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	32	149	343	619	877	1092	1030	748	411	91	11	5410
40 S	8	40	189	532	1151	2028	3119	4149	4897	5308	5399	5410	5410
45 M	1	7	63	210	465	727	937	875	598	268	31	2	4183
45 S	1	8	71	281	746	1473	2409	3284	3883	4150	4181	4183	4183
50 M	0	1	18	103	317	577	782	720	449	145	6	0	3118
50 S	0	1	19	122	439	1016	1798	2518	2967	3112	3118	3118	3118
55 M	0	0	3	35	184	427	627	565	304	60	1	0	2206
55 S	0	0	3	39	223	650	1277	1842	2145	2205	2206	2206	2206
60 M	0	0	0	7	81	282	472	410	170	16	0	0	1438
60 S	0	0	0	7	88	371	842	1252	1422	1438	1438	1438	1438

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	14	53	158	284	439	554	679	656	500	322	107	21	3786
50 S	14	67	225	508	947	1501	2180	2836	3336	3657	3765	3786	3786

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