LEVY, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294936) LEVY
From Year=1908 To Year=1961
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 23 80 233 472 755 883 832 614 333 82 16 4341
40 S 19 42 122 354 826 1582 2465 3296 3911 4244 4325 4341 4341
45 M 4 5 27 122 323 605 728 677 465 198 27 4 3186
45 S 4 9 36 159 482 1087 1815 2492 2957 3155 3182 3186 3186
50 M 1 1 4 48 189 456 573 522 318 92 5 1 2209
50 S 1 1 6 54 243 699 1272 1794 2111 2203 2208 2209 2209
55 M 0 0 0 12 85 310 418 367 180 29 0 0 1402
55 S 0 0 0 12 97 407 825 1192 1373 1402 1402 1402 1402
60 M 0 0 0 1 26 175 265 215 74 5 0 0 761
60 S 0 0 0 1 27 202 467 682 756 761 761 761 761
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 45 58 124 223 331 486 556 526 422 297 137 47 3252
50 S 45 103 227 450 781 1268 1824 2350 2772 3069 3205 3252 3252
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