RATON KRTN RADIO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297280) RATON KRTN RADIO
From Year=1978 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 9 19 87 225 472 698 858 811 586 307 67 11 4151
40 S 9 28 115 340 813 1511 2369 3180 3766 4073 4140 4151 4151
45 M 1 3 27 115 323 548 703 656 437 174 21 1 3010
45 S 1 4 31 146 469 1017 1721 2376 2813 2988 3009 3010 3010
50 M 0 0 5 42 186 399 548 501 292 73 2 0 2048
50 S 0 0 6 47 233 632 1180 1681 1973 2046 2048 2048 2048
55 M 0 0 0 7 79 252 393 346 156 19 0 0 1252
55 S 0 0 0 8 87 339 732 1078 1234 1252 1252 1252 1252
60 M 0 0 0 1 21 123 239 193 55 2 0 0 634
60 S 0 0 0 1 22 145 384 577 632 634 634 634 634
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 41 56 129 218 338 454 546 514 398 270 108 41 3112
50 S 41 98 227 445 783 1236 1782 2296 2694 2964 3071 3112 3112
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