YESO OVERTON RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299857) YESO OVERTON RANCH
From Year=1943 To Year=1959
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 167 154 260 514 782 1070 1116 1148 930 644 271 120 7176
40 S 167 320 581 1095 1876 2946 4062 5210 6140 6784 7055 7176 7176
45 M 78 72 144 370 627 920 961 993 780 490 145 44 5624
45 S 78 150 294 663 1290 2210 3171 4164 4944 5434 5579 5624 5624
50 M 24 24 63 234 473 770 806 838 630 341 54 9 4265
50 S 24 48 111 345 817 1587 2393 3231 3861 4202 4256 4265 4265
55 M 3 3 18 125 325 620 651 683 480 203 14 3 3128
55 S 3 6 24 149 473 1094 1745 2428 2908 3111 3125 3128 3128
60 M 0 0 3 50 190 472 496 528 330 96 0 1 2166
60 S 0 0 3 52 242 714 1210 1738 2068 2165 2165 2166 2166
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 142 144 223 364 515 681 728 740 574 423 216 111 4860
50 S 142 286 509 872 1388 2068 2797 3536 4111 4533 4749 4860 4860
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