VERMEJO PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299448) VERMEJO PARK
From Year=1914 To Year=1981
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	16	15	47	145	347	615	751	691	504	252	73	21	3478
40 S	16	31	78	224	571	1186	1936	2627	3132	3384	3457	3478	3478
45 M	4	3	13	56	207	465	596	536	356	136	24	4	2399
45 S	4	7	19	75	283	748	1344	1880	2236	2372	2395	2399	2399
50 M	1	0	3	13	94	318	441	381	213	52	4	1	1520
50 S	1	1	4	17	111	428	869	1250	1463	1515	1519	1520	1520
55 M	0	0	0	2	26	178	286	227	91	12	0	0	824
55 S	0	0	1	3	29	207	493	721	812	823	824	824	824
60 M	0	0	0	1	3	68	136	87	19	1	0	0	316
60 S	0	0	0	1	4	72	209	296	315	316	316	316	316

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	32	39	77	153	268	422	470	437	347	226	99	40	2609
50 S	32	70	148	301	569	991	1461	1897	2245	2470	2569	2609	2609

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