VILLANUEVA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299496) VILLANUEVA
From Year=1942 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	41	71	196	373	652	937	1066	1028	758	460	223	53	5857
40 S	41	112	309	682	1333	2270	3336	4363	5121	5581	5804	5857	5857
45 M	10	25	99	238	498	787	911	873	608	315	118	13	4493
45 S	10	34	133	371	869	1656	2567	3439	4047	4362	4480	4493	4493
50 M	2	7	36	124	348	637	756	718	458	188	45	2	3319
50 S	2	9	45	169	517	1153	1909	2626	3084	3272	3317	3319	3319
55 M	0	2	9	48	209	487	601	563	312	88	11	0	2330
55 S	0	2	11	59	269	755	1356	1919	2231	2319	2330	2330	2330
60 M	0	0	1	12	96	337	446	408	177	28	1	0	1506
60 S	0	0	1	14	110	447	893	1301	1478	1506	1506	1506	1506

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	48	88	174	285	419	584	681	659	480	325	199	56	3998
50 S	48	136	310	595	1014	1598	2279	2938	3418	3743	3942	3998	3998

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