MIMBRES RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295754) MIMBRES RANGER STN
From Year=1905 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	21	50	125	291	528	784	924	857	664	396	112	28	4781
40 S	21	71	196	487	1015	1799	2723	3581	4244	4641	4753	4781	4781
45 M	2	10	42	158	374	634	769	702	514	247	35	3	3491
45 S	2	12	54	212	586	1221	1990	2692	3206	3453	3488	3491	3491
50 M	0	1	8	59	225	484	614	547	364	117	5	0	2426
50 S	0	1	9	69	294	778	1393	1940	2304	2421	2426	2426	2426
55 M	0	0	0	13	103	335	459	392	218	34	0	0	1555
55 S	0	0	0	14	117	452	911	1303	1521	1555	1555	1555	1555
60 M	0	0	0	2	29	193	304	238	92	4	0	0	862
60 S	0	0	0	2	31	224	528	765	858	862	862	862	862

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	65	97	178	296	429	527	583	548	447	328	158	80	3735
50 S	65	162	340	636	1065	1592	2174	2723	3170	3497	3655	3735	3735

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