LOVINGTON 2 WNW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295204) LOVINGTON 2 WNW
From Year=1919 To Year=1967
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 115 181 362 602 871 1074 1169 1143 918 647 290 147 7519
40 S 115 296 658 1260 2131 3205 4374 5517 6435 7082 7372 7519 7519
45 M 48 91 228 455 717 924 1014 988 768 493 169 64 5959
45 S 48 138 366 822 1538 2462 3476 4464 5233 5726 5895 5959 5959
50 M 15 34 118 315 562 774 859 833 619 343 77 20 4568
50 S 15 49 167 482 1044 1818 2677 3510 4128 4471 4549 4568 4568
55 M 3 9 44 187 409 624 704 678 469 205 24 4 3360
55 S 3 12 55 243 652 1276 1980 2658 3127 3332 3355 3360 3360
60 M 0 2 10 86 263 474 549 523 322 95 4 0 2329
60 S 0 2 12 98 361 835 1385 1907 2229 2325 2329 2329 2329
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 137 181 304 417 554 678 754 733 590 427 237 148 5160
50 S 137 318 622 1039 1592 2271 3024 3757 4347 4774 5011 5160 5160
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