EL PASO INTL AP, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(412797) EL PASO WSO AP
From Year=1947 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	184	279	500	734	1028	1250	1325	1270	1055	771	378	184	8958
40 S	184	463	963	1697	2725	3975	5300	6570	7626	8397	8774	8958	8958
45 M	84	161	351	585	873	1100	1170	1115	905	617	243	85	7290
45 S	84	246	597	1182	2055	3155	4325	5440	6346	6962	7205	7290	7290
50 M	26	74	217	438	718	950	1015	960	755	464	130	29	5776
50 S	26	99	317	754	1472	2422	3438	4398	5153	5617	5747	5776	5776
55 M	5	24	112	296	563	800	860	805	606	316	51	6	4444
55 S	5	29	140	436	1000	1800	2660	3465	4071	4387	4438	4444	4444
60 M	0	5	42	171	410	650	705	650	457	182	12	1	3285
60 S	0	5	47	217	627	1277	1983	2633	3090	3272	3284	3285	3285

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	140	194	326	474	668	795	869	844	701	494	251	139	5893
50 S	140	334	659	1133	1801	2597	3465	4309	5010	5504	5754	5893	5893

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