HICKMAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293969) HICKMAN
From Year=1943 To Year=1985
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	5	33	140	361	635	810	725	539	248	45	5	3545
40 S	1	6	39	178	539	1174	1984	2709	3247	3495	3540	3545	3545
45 M	0	0	5	53	217	485	655	570	389	124	8	0	2505
45 S	0	0	5	58	275	760	1414	1984	2373	2497	2505	2505	2505
50 M	0	0	0	10	100	336	500	415	241	42	0	0	1644
50 S	0	0	0	10	110	446	946	1361	1602	1644	1644	1644	1644
55 M	0	0	0	1	29	196	345	260	110	7	0	0	947
55 S	0	0	0	1	29	225	570	830	941	947	947	947	947
60 M	0	0	0	0	3	85	191	112	23	0	0	0	415
60 S	0	0	0	0	3	88	280	391	415	415	415	415	415

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	23	71	176	323	461	519	460	365	224	82	25	2738
50 S	9	32	103	279	602	1063	1583	2043	2407	2632	2713	2738	2738

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