HAYDEN 6 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293878) HAYDEN
From Year=1914 To Year=1965
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 60 84 223 364 633 907 1062 1050 814 458 151 68 5873
40 S 60 145 367 731 1363 2270 3332 4382 5196 5654 5805 5873 5873
45 M 22 32 125 230 481 757 907 895 664 322 72 25 4532
45 S 22 54 179 409 890 1647 2553 3449 4113 4435 4507 4532 4532
50 M 5 8 56 123 335 607 752 740 516 202 26 4 3373
50 S 5 12 68 191 525 1133 1885 2625 3141 3343 3369 3373 3373
55 M 0 1 17 49 204 460 597 585 369 106 6 0 2394
55 S 0 1 18 68 271 731 1328 1913 2282 2388 2394 2394 2394
60 M 0 0 3 13 95 315 442 431 231 43 1 0 1574
60 S 0 0 3 16 112 426 868 1299 1530 1573 1574 1574 1574
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 66 91 197 253 395 577 686 681 522 308 131 88 3994
50 S 66 157 354 607 1002 1579 2264 2945 3467 3775 3906 3994 3994
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