LAS VEGAS EXP PLOT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294858) LAS VEGAS EXP PLOT
From Year=1908 To Year=1945
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 8 0 -99 -99 -99 799 929 945 696 424 94 54 -99
40 S 8 8 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 0 0 -99 -99 -99 649 774 790 546 284 34 9 -99
45 S 0 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 0 0 -99 -99 -99 499 619 635 396 160 7 2 -99
50 S 0 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 0 -99 -99 -99 349 464 480 246 68 0 0 -99
55 S 0 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 0 -99 -99 -99 199 309 325 101 7 0 0 -99
60 S 0 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 42 5 -99 -99 -99 519 587 579 456 360 167 120 -99
50 S 42 47 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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