ALAMOGORDO 1, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290200) ALAMOGORDO 1
From Year=1893 To Year=1943
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	129	207	391	604	885	1132	1212	1164	969	673	298	132	7795
40 S	129	335	726	1330	2215	3347	4559	5723	6692	7365	7663	7795	7795
45 M	52	104	250	455	730	982	1057	1009	819	519	173	51	6201
45 S	52	156	406	861	1591	2573	3630	4639	5458	5977	6150	6201	6201
50 M	14	37	135	311	576	832	902	854	669	368	81	13	4791
50 S	14	51	186	496	1072	1904	2807	3660	4329	4697	4778	4791	4791
55 M	3	10	56	181	422	682	747	699	519	228	26	2	3575
55 S	3	12	69	249	672	1354	2101	2800	3319	3547	3573	3575	3575
60 M	0	2	15	81	275	532	592	544	371	114	6	0	2532
60 S	0	2	17	97	372	904	1497	2040	2411	2526	2532	2532	2532

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	109	156	271	402	570	708	774	754	634	433	215	111	5135
50 S	109	265	536	937	1507	2215	2989	3743	4377	4810	5024	5135	5135

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