PRAIRIEVIEW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297054) PRAIRIEVIEW
From Year=1911 To Year=1950
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	117	116	267	495	852	1057	1185	1161	900	598	258	49	7057
40 S	117	233	500	996	1848	2905	4090	5251	6152	6749	7007	7057	7057
45 M	52	45	160	351	698	907	1030	1006	751	444	148	12	5603
45 S	52	97	257	607	1305	2212	3242	4248	4999	5443	5592	5603	5603
50 M	18	9	82	219	544	757	875	851	602	300	66	1	4324
50 S	18	27	109	328	871	1628	2503	3355	3957	4256	4323	4324	4324
55 M	3	1	31	115	396	607	720	696	456	178	17	0	3221
55 S	3	4	35	150	546	1153	1873	2569	3025	3204	3221	3221	3221
60 M	1	0	8	41	257	458	566	541	318	88	1	0	2279
60 S	1	1	9	50	308	765	1331	1872	2190	2278	2279	2279	2279

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	122	135	229	359	543	667	753	750	584	389	198	52	4780
50 S	122	257	486	845	1388	2055	2808	3558	4142	4531	4729	4780	4780

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