YESO 2 S, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299851) YESO
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	81	125	278	483	768	996	1124	1064	827	551	240	82	6620
40 S	81	206	484	967	1735	2731	3855	4919	5746	6297	6537	6620	6620
45 M	28	55	162	341	614	846	969	909	677	402	134	33	5169
45 S	28	83	244	585	1199	2045	3014	3922	4600	5002	5136	5169	5169
50 M	7	18	76	210	461	696	814	754	528	262	58	10	3894
50 S	7	25	101	311	772	1468	2282	3036	3564	3826	3885	3894	3894
55 M	1	4	26	104	314	546	659	599	381	142	17	2	2795
55 S	1	4	31	135	449	995	1654	2253	2634	2776	2793	2795	2795
60 M	0	0	6	37	182	397	504	444	239	57	2	0	1868
60 S	0	0	6	43	225	622	1125	1569	1809	1866	1868	1868	1868

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	92	129	237	350	497	625	722	691	530	370	195	89	4528
50 S	92	222	459	809	1306	1931	2653	3344	3874	4244	4439	4528	4528

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