LORDSBURG 4 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295079) LORDSBURG 4 SE
From Year=1892 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	121	180	369	578	862	1123	1261	1195	986	674	297	112	7759
40 S	121	301	670	1249	2110	3233	4494	5689	6675	7349	7646	7759	7759
45 M	41	80	226	430	707	973	1106	1040	836	520	170	36	6164
45 S	41	121	347	776	1483	2456	3562	4602	5438	5958	6128	6164	6164
50 M	8	23	110	286	552	823	951	885	686	368	73	6	4771
50 S	8	31	141	426	978	1801	2752	3637	4323	4692	4765	4771	4771
55 M	0	3	36	156	398	673	796	730	536	226	19	0	3576
55 S	0	4	40	196	595	1268	2064	2794	3330	3556	3575	3576	3576
60 M	0	0	6	61	251	523	641	575	387	108	3	0	2556
60 S	0	0	6	67	319	842	1483	2058	2445	2554	2556	2556	2556

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	152	194	317	431	558	665	783	756	626	465	266	144	5358
50 S	152	346	663	1094	1652	2318	3101	3857	4483	4948	5214	5358	5358

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