HORSE SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294129) HORSE SPRINGS
From Year=1900 To Year=1938
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 13 21 103 243 551 756 844 784 571 307 44 11 4247
40 S 13 34 137 379 930 1686 2530 3314 3885 4192 4236 4247 4247
45 M 0 4 44 126 398 606 689 629 422 177 7 1 3103
45 S 0 5 48 174 572 1178 1867 2497 2918 3095 3102 3103 3103
50 M 0 0 12 42 247 456 534 474 277 75 0 0 2117
50 S 0 0 12 54 301 756 1291 1765 2042 2117 2117 2117 2117
55 M 0 0 2 5 113 306 379 320 141 18 0 0 1284
55 S 0 0 2 7 120 427 806 1126 1266 1284 1284 1284 1284
60 M 0 0 0 0 31 172 228 179 48 2 0 0 659
60 S 0 0 0 0 31 203 430 609 658 659 659 659 659
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 30 42 181 255 407 520 542 518 447 266 110 46 3364
50 S 30 71 252 507 915 1435 1977 2495 2942 3208 3318 3364 3364
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