CABALLO DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291286) CABALLO DAM
From Year=1938 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 112 190 376 594 870 1124 1262 1193 968 668 305 111 7774
40 S 112 303 678 1272 2143 3267 4529 5722 6690 7358 7663 7774 7774
45 M 38 93 237 446 715 974 1107 1038 818 514 180 38 6199
45 S 38 131 368 814 1530 2504 3612 4649 5467 5982 6161 6199 6199
50 M 8 32 123 303 561 824 952 883 668 364 83 7 4809
50 S 8 40 163 466 1027 1852 2804 3687 4355 4719 4802 4809 4809
55 M 1 7 47 175 408 674 797 728 519 224 25 1 3604
55 S 1 7 54 229 637 1311 2108 2836 3355 3578 3603 3604 3604
60 M 0 1 10 75 261 525 642 573 370 107 4 0 2568
60 S 0 1 11 86 347 872 1514 2087 2457 2564 2568 2568 2568
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 130 177 289 411 553 686 798 769 618 444 246 127 5249
50 S 130 307 597 1007 1560 2246 3045 3813 4431 4876 5122 5249 5249
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 Jul 28, 2006
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