RATON FLTR PLT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297279) RATON FILTER PLANT
From Year=1953 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 29 40 108 246 496 749 907 851 633 376 125 37 4597
40 S 29 69 178 423 919 1668 2575 3425 4059 4435 4560 4597 4597
45 M 7 12 45 139 348 599 752 696 485 242 57 10 3392
45 S 7 19 64 203 552 1151 1903 2598 3084 3326 3383 3392 3392
50 M 1 2 13 61 215 450 597 541 342 130 18 1 2370
50 S 1 3 16 77 292 742 1339 1880 2222 2351 2369 2370 2370
55 M 0 0 2 17 108 305 442 386 207 51 3 0 1522
55 S 0 0 2 20 127 433 875 1261 1468 1519 1522 1522 1522
60 M 0 0 0 2 38 174 288 235 95 12 0 0 843
60 S 0 0 0 2 40 214 502 736 831 843 843 843 843
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 37 48 99 181 310 464 585 538 389 252 103 42 3048
50 S 37 84 184 365 674 1139 1724 2262 2651 2903 3006 3048 3048
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