STAR LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298524) STAR LAKE
From Year=1922 To Year=2008
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	8	61	205	464	733	927	862	614	281	38	3	4197
40 S	1	10	70	276	740	1472	2400	3262	3876	4156	4194	4197	4197
45 M	0	1	17	100	315	583	772	707	465	155	7	0	3121
45 S	0	1	17	117	432	1015	1787	2494	2959	3113	3121	3121	3121
50 M	0	0	2	33	181	433	617	552	318	63	1	0	2200
50 S	0	0	2	36	217	650	1267	1819	2137	2200	2200	2200	2200
55 M	0	0	0	6	78	287	462	397	181	15	0	0	1426
55 S	0	0	0	6	83	370	833	1230	1411	1426	1426	1426	1426
60 M	0	0	0	0	20	156	307	243	74	2	0	0	802
60 S	0	0	0	0	20	176	483	726	800	802	802	802	802

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	10	27	103	223	367	500	590	555	423	257	78	16	3148
50 S	10	37	140	363	731	1230	1820	2375	2798	3055	3133	3148	3148

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