MILLS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295725) MILLS
From Year=1914 To Year=1951
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	4	78	181	288	536	863	1007	885	742	440	116	24	5162
40 S	4	82	262	550	1086	1949	2956	3840	4582	5022	5138	5162	5162
45 M	0	32	92	171	387	713	852	730	592	293	37	6	3904
45 S	0	32	124	295	681	1394	2246	2975	3567	3861	3897	3904	3904
50 M	0	9	35	80	249	563	697	575	443	166	5	1	2822
50 S	0	9	45	124	373	935	1632	2207	2650	2816	2821	2822	2822
55 M	0	1	10	25	137	413	542	420	300	65	1	0	1913
55 S	0	1	11	35	172	585	1127	1546	1847	1912	1913	1913	1913
60 M	0	0	0	3	53	265	387	265	173	10	0	0	1155
60 S	0	0	0	3	56	321	707	973	1145	1155	1155	1155	1155

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	26	90	157	210	335	549	659	573	470	308	137	35	3548
50 S	26	116	273	484	819	1368	2027	2599	3069	3377	3514	3548	3548

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