WILLARD NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299754) WILLARD (NEAR)
From Year=1912 To Year=1923
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 50 30 99 335 682 890 962 941 581 333 95 1 4997
40 S 50 80 179 513 1195 2085 3047 3988 4568 4901 4996 4997 4997
45 M 18 4 33 201 527 740 807 786 439 189 27 0 3770
45 S 18 22 55 256 783 1523 2329 3116 3555 3744 3770 3770 3770
50 M 1 0 9 95 376 590 652 631 299 79 2 0 2734
50 S 1 1 10 105 481 1071 1723 2354 2653 2732 2734 2734 2734
55 M 0 0 0 26 230 440 497 476 173 16 0 0 1858
55 S 0 0 0 26 256 696 1193 1669 1841 1858 1858 1858 1858
60 M 0 0 0 1 108 291 343 322 74 0 0 0 1138
60 S 0 0 0 1 109 399 742 1064 1138 1138 1138 1138 1138
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 63 58 143 368 499 538 588 590 399 324 147 10 3724
50 S 63 120 263 631 1129 1667 2255 2844 3243 3567 3714 3724 3724
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