STEAD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298543) STEAD
From Year=1922 To Year=1975
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 21 142 301 -99 609 945 1068 894 727 462 138 31 -99
40 S 21 163 464 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 5 78 183 -99 455 795 913 739 577 308 54 7 -99
45 S 5 83 265 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 0 29 100 -99 308 645 758 584 428 169 21 0 -99
50 S 0 29 129 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 7 44 -99 181 495 603 429 285 68 4 0 -99
55 S 0 7 51 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 0 14 -99 73 348 448 274 161 9 0 0 -99
60 S 0 0 14 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 50 91 274 -99 392 590 667 560 477 333 167 62 -99
50 S 50 141 414 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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