LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294719) LAGUNA
From Year=1905 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	19	55	162	364	633	913	1071	1008	767	448	134	22	5597
40 S	19	75	236	601	1234	2147	3218	4226	4993	5441	5574	5597	5597
45 M	3	15	71	230	479	763	916	853	617	302	55	5	4309
45 S	3	18	89	319	798	1561	2477	3330	3947	4249	4304	4309	4309
50 M	0	2	22	118	329	613	761	698	468	172	13	1	3196
50 S	0	2	24	142	471	1084	1844	2543	3010	3182	3195	3196	3196
55 M	0	0	4	43	191	463	606	543	320	74	1	0	2245
55 S	0	0	4	47	237	701	1307	1850	2170	2244	2245	2245	2245
60 M	0	0	0	10	84	316	451	388	182	19	0	0	1450
60 S	0	0	0	10	94	410	861	1249	1431	1450	1450	1450	1450

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	36	76	160	284	432	577	685	655	498	328	137	42	3911
50 S	36	112	272	557	988	1565	2250	2905	3404	3732	3869	3911	3911

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