MELROSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295617) MELROSE
From Year=1908 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 87 127 291 514 804 1041 1158 1111 871 578 237 88 6908
40 S 87 214 505 1019 1823 2864 4022 5133 6005 6582 6819 6908 6908
45 M 32 56 170 371 649 891 1003 956 722 428 131 33 5442
45 S 32 88 258 629 1278 2169 3172 4128 4850 5277 5409 5442 5442
50 M 8 18 81 238 495 741 848 801 572 286 56 8 4153
50 S 8 26 106 345 840 1581 2429 3230 3803 4088 4144 4153 4153
55 M 1 3 28 126 346 591 693 646 425 161 15 1 3036
55 S 1 4 31 158 504 1095 1788 2434 2859 3020 3035 3036 3036
60 M 0 0 6 50 208 442 538 491 282 68 2 0 2087
60 S 0 0 6 56 264 706 1244 1736 2017 2085 2087 2087 2087
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 101 133 241 364 513 657 751 724 559 380 191 99 4711
50 S 101 234 475 838 1351 2008 2758 3482 4041 4421 4612 4711 4711
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