MULESHOE #1, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(416135) MULESHOE 1
From Year=1921 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 63 107 265 503 793 1043 1165 1117 863 562 211 77 6770
40 S 63 170 435 938 1731 2774 3940 5057 5920 6482 6693 6770 6770
45 M 20 47 154 363 639 893 1010 962 714 413 113 27 5356
45 S 20 67 221 584 1223 2116 3126 4088 4802 5215 5328 5356 5356
50 M 4 15 72 235 486 743 855 807 565 274 47 6 4110
50 S 4 19 91 326 812 1555 2411 3218 3783 4057 4104 4110 4110
55 M 1 3 25 127 340 593 700 652 419 154 13 1 3028
55 S 1 3 29 156 495 1089 1789 2441 2860 3014 3027 3028 3028
60 M 0 0 5 53 207 444 545 498 279 66 2 0 2099
60 S 0 0 5 58 265 709 1254 1752 2031 2097 2099 2099 2099
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 105 136 245 361 500 656 748 719 549 386 203 114 4722
50 S 105 241 486 847 1347 2002 2751 3470 4019 4405 4608 4722 4722
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