GAVILAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293505) GAVILAN
From Year=1929 To Year=1970
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	0	1	9	77	283	518	758	705	449	164	6	0	2969
40 S	0	1	10	87	370	888	1646	2351	2800	2963	2969	2969	2969
45 M	0	0	1	19	151	368	603	550	302	63	0	0	2058
45 S	0	0	1	21	172	540	1143	1693	1995	2057	2058	2058	2058
50 M	0	0	0	2	56	225	448	395	163	13	0	0	1302
50 S	0	0	0	2	58	282	731	1125	1289	1302	1302	1302	1302
55 M	0	0	0	0	10	104	293	241	58	1	0	0	708
55 S	0	0	0	0	10	115	408	649	706	708	708	708	708
60 M	0	0	0	0	1	28	143	100	10	0	0	0	282
60 S	0	0	0	0	1	29	172	272	282	282	282	282	282

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	6	12	49	158	308	442	523	490	385	259	79	20	2730
50 S	6	18	67	224	532	974	1497	1987	2372	2631	2710	2730	2730

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