GASCON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293488) GASCON
From Year=1953 To Year=2012
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	10	35	108	296	527	646	596	419	201	44	10	2900
40 S	8	18	52	160	456	983	1629	2225	2644	2845	2889	2900	2900
45 M	1	1	7	36	162	378	491	441	272	89	9	1	1888
45 S	1	2	10	45	207	585	1076	1517	1789	1878	1887	1888	1888
50 M	0	0	1	6	65	232	336	287	138	25	1	0	1090
50 S	0	0	1	7	72	304	640	927	1065	1090	1090	1090	1090
55 M	0	0	0	0	16	109	184	139	42	3	0	0	493
55 S	0	0	0	0	17	126	310	448	490	493	493	493	493
60 M	0	0	0	0	3	31	57	30	4	0	0	0	125
60 S	0	0	0	0	3	34	91	121	125	125	125	125	125

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	23	25	54	118	234	363	411	375	294	192	77	33	2199
50 S	23	48	102	220	454	817	1228	1603	1897	2089	2166	2199	2199

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