LAS VEGAS SEWAGE PLT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294862) LAS VEGAS SEWAGE PLANT
From Year=1983 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 10 19 94 233 479 722 868 826 588 291 77 8 4213
40 S 10 28 122 355 834 1557 2425 3250 3838 4129 4205 4213 4213
45 M 2 3 31 121 329 572 713 671 439 158 24 1 3064
45 S 2 5 37 157 487 1059 1772 2443 2881 3039 3064 3064 3064
50 M 0 1 6 44 190 423 558 516 292 60 4 0 2095
50 S 0 1 7 50 241 664 1222 1737 2030 2090 2095 2095 2095
55 M 0 0 0 9 81 276 403 361 157 12 0 0 1300
55 S 0 0 0 9 91 366 769 1130 1288 1300 1300 1300 1300
60 M 0 0 0 1 20 142 248 209 55 1 0 0 676
60 S 0 0 0 1 20 162 410 620 675 676 676 676 676
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 61 73 153 247 379 489 554 528 417 286 138 62 3387
50 S 61 134 288 534 913 1402 1956 2484 2902 3188 3325 3387 3387
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