SPRINGER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298501) SPRINGER
From Year=1892 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	17	37	126	307	586	830	976	924	684	382	93	19	4980
40 S	17	54	180	487	1073	1902	2879	3803	4487	4869	4961	4980	4980
45 M	4	11	50	181	433	680	821	769	535	240	33	4	3761
45 S	4	15	65	246	678	1358	2179	2948	3483	3724	3757	3761	3761
50 M	1	2	14	83	285	530	666	614	387	121	7	0	2710
50 S	1	3	17	100	385	915	1581	2195	2582	2703	2710	2710	2710
55 M	0	0	3	25	155	380	511	459	244	42	1	0	1820
55 S	0	0	3	28	183	563	1074	1533	1777	1819	1820	1820	1820
60 M	0	0	0	4	61	236	357	304	118	9	0	0	1089
60 S	0	0	0	5	65	301	658	962	1080	1089	1089	1089	1089

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	51	79	170	276	412	525	609	583	459	325	144	59	3691
50 S	51	131	300	576	988	1513	2122	2705	3164	3489	3632	3691	3691

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