STANLEY 2 NNE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298518) STANLEY 1 NNE
From Year=1914 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	7	26	103	261	537	791	944	880	652	339	79	10	4629
40 S	7	33	136	397	934	1725	2669	3549	4202	4541	4619	4629	4629
45 M	1	5	37	146	385	641	789	725	502	205	24	1	3462
45 S	1	5	43	189	574	1215	2004	2729	3232	3437	3460	3462	3462
50 M	0	0	9	61	242	491	634	570	355	97	4	0	2463
50 S	0	0	9	70	312	803	1437	2008	2362	2459	2463	2463	2463
55 M	0	0	1	16	120	343	479	416	215	30	0	0	1620
55 S	0	0	1	17	138	480	960	1375	1590	1620	1620	1620	1620
60 M	0	0	0	2	41	203	325	262	96	5	0	0	933
60 S	0	0	0	2	43	247	571	833	929	933	933	933	933

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	21	47	124	231	385	510	598	560	434	278	103	25	3316
50 S	21	68	192	423	808	1318	1916	2476	2910	3188	3291	3316	3316

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