ABIQUIU DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290041) ABIQUIU DAM
From Year=1957 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	4	20	121	284	571	839	1020	950	699	390	96	8	5003
40 S	4	24	145	429	1000	1839	2859	3809	4508	4899	4995	5003	5003
45 M	0	3	46	162	419	689	865	795	549	251	32	1	3813
45 S	0	3	49	212	631	1320	2185	2980	3529	3780	3812	3813	3813
50 M	0	0	12	70	275	539	710	640	401	132	5	0	2783
50 S	0	0	12	82	357	895	1606	2246	2646	2778	2783	2783	2783
55 M	0	0	2	19	150	390	555	485	257	48	0	0	1907
55 S	0	0	2	21	171	561	1116	1601	1858	1906	1907	1907	1907
60 M	0	0	0	2	60	248	400	330	129	10	0	0	1180
60 S	0	0	0	2	62	310	710	1040	1170	1180	1180	1180	1180

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	11	30	108	207	364	535	665	619	440	266	91	17	3352
50 S	11	41	148	355	719	1254	1919	2538	2977	3243	3334	3352	3352

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