LAKE ALICE NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294728) LAKE ALICE NEAR
From Year=1909 To Year=1941
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 6 76 158 401 722 877 814 559 360 107 12 4094
40 S 1 7 83 241 642 1364 2242 3055 3615 3974 4082 4094 4094
45 M 0 0 11 61 251 572 722 659 409 222 23 3 2933
45 S 0 0 11 73 324 896 1618 2277 2686 2908 2931 2933 2933
50 M 0 0 0 7 138 422 567 504 260 102 0 0 2000
50 S 0 0 0 7 144 567 1134 1638 1898 2000 2000 2000 2000
55 M 0 0 0 0 53 272 412 349 136 21 0 0 1244
55 S 0 0 0 0 53 326 738 1087 1223 1244 1244 1244 1244
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 136 257 197 36 2 0 0 635
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 143 400 597 633 635 635 635 635
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 18 37 134 175 299 443 557 511 369 297 140 22 3001
50 S 18 55 189 364 662 1105 1662 2173 2542 2839 2980 3001 3001
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