MAXWELL 3 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295490) MAXWELL
From Year=1905 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 12 23 88 252 512 755 920 868 639 342 80 15 4507
40 S 12 35 123 375 886 1642 2562 3430 4070 4412 4492 4507 4507
45 M 3 5 32 137 361 605 765 713 490 207 28 3 3349
45 S 3 7 39 176 537 1142 1908 2621 3112 3318 3346 3349 3349
50 M 0 1 8 55 220 455 610 558 344 98 6 0 2356
50 S 0 1 8 64 284 739 1349 1908 2252 2350 2356 2356 2356
55 M 0 0 1 13 105 308 455 403 206 32 0 0 1524
55 S 0 0 1 14 119 427 883 1286 1492 1524 1524 1524 1524
60 M 0 0 0 1 33 171 301 250 90 5 0 0 852
60 S 0 0 0 2 35 206 507 757 847 852 852 852 852
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 53 74 145 248 376 487 578 551 435 309 134 57 3446
50 S 53 127 272 520 896 1383 1961 2511 2946 3255 3389 3446 3446
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