NEWCOMB, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296098) NEWCOMB
From Year=1948 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	32	138	356	673	935	1133	1030	775	438	85	12	5613
40 S	8	40	178	534	1207	2141	3274	4304	5079	5517	5601	5613	5613
45 M	2	6	61	224	519	785	978	875	625	290	28	2	4395
45 S	2	8	69	293	811	1596	2574	3448	4074	4364	4392	4395	4395
50 M	0	1	21	116	370	635	823	720	476	161	5	0	3327
50 S	0	1	22	138	508	1143	1965	2685	3161	3322	3327	3327	3327
55 M	0	0	5	45	234	485	668	565	329	67	0	0	2398
55 S	0	0	5	50	284	769	1437	2001	2330	2398	2398	2398	2398
60 M	0	0	1	12	121	337	513	410	190	17	0	0	1601
60 S	0	0	1	13	134	471	984	1394	1584	1601	1601	1601	1601

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	18	55	156	283	464	576	695	645	511	345	104	19	3872
50 S	18	73	230	512	976	1552	2247	2892	3403	3748	3852	3872	3872

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