EL PASO 32 ENE, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(412794) EL PASO 32 ENE
From Year=1983 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 135 210 396 601 909 1107 1180 1119 929 681 318 134 7719
40 S 135 344 741 1342 2250 3357 4537 5656 6585 7266 7585 7719 7719
45 M 50 109 256 453 754 957 1025 964 779 528 195 52 6123
45 S 50 159 415 868 1622 2578 3604 4568 5347 5875 6071 6123 6123
50 M 11 42 140 310 599 807 870 809 629 380 98 12 4709
50 S 11 53 193 504 1102 1909 2779 3589 4218 4598 4696 4709 4709
55 M 1 10 57 183 445 657 715 654 481 240 34 1 3478
55 S 1 11 68 251 696 1352 2068 2722 3203 3443 3477 3478 3478
60 M 0 1 15 84 294 507 560 499 334 119 7 0 2420
60 S 0 1 16 101 395 901 1462 1961 2295 2413 2420 2420 2420
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 92 142 260 384 586 711 771 743 610 419 193 89 5000
50 S 92 234 494 879 1465 2176 2947 3690 4300 4718 4912 5000 5000
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