LINDRITH 1 WSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294960) LINDRITH 2 SE
From Year=1971 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	1	4	54	175	424	716	888	823	575	271	38	1	3970
40 S	1	5	59	234	658	1373	2262	3084	3659	3930	3968	3970	3970
45 M	0	0	14	80	279	566	733	668	426	144	8	0	2919
45 S	0	0	14	94	373	939	1673	2340	2766	2911	2919	2919	2919
50 M	0	0	2	25	154	417	578	513	282	56	1	0	2028
50 S	0	0	2	27	181	598	1176	1689	1971	2027	2028	2028	2028
55 M	0	0	0	5	64	273	424	358	153	13	0	0	1289
55 S	0	0	0	5	69	342	766	1123	1276	1289	1289	1289	1289
60 M	0	0	0	0	18	147	269	205	56	1	0	0	697
60 S	0	0	0	0	19	166	435	641	696	697	697	697	697

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	7	17	83	184	326	486	565	524	391	236	66	10	2894
50 S	7	24	107	291	616	1102	1667	2191	2582	2818	2884	2894	2894

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