GRANTS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293678) GRANTS
From Year=1945 To Year=1956
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 16 16 88 336 583 835 1023 951 767 406 86 26 5133
40 S 16 32 121 457 1040 1874 2897 3848 4615 5021 5107 5133 5133
45 M 2 2 31 200 431 685 868 796 617 269 27 5 3932
45 S 2 3 34 234 666 1350 2218 3014 3631 3899 3927 3932 3932
50 M 0 0 7 90 287 535 713 641 467 154 5 0 2897
50 S 0 0 7 97 384 918 1631 2272 2739 2893 2897 2897 2897
55 M 0 0 1 25 156 385 558 486 317 68 0 0 1995
55 S 0 0 1 26 181 566 1124 1609 1927 1995 1995 1995 1995
60 M 0 0 0 3 62 241 403 331 171 22 0 0 1233
60 S 0 0 0 3 65 306 709 1040 1210 1233 1233 1233 1233
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 54 63 130 286 427 538 645 609 518 344 165 78 3857
50 S 54 117 246 532 960 1498 2143 2753 3270 3614 3779 3857 3857
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