NETHERWOOD PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290222) ALBUQUERQUE
From Year=1932 To Year=1954
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 35 63 199 469 727 1011 1165 1123 860 537 142 29 6362
40 S 35 99 298 767 1494 2505 3671 4794 5654 6191 6333 6362 6362
45 M 6 16 90 329 573 861 1010 968 710 386 57 6 5014
45 S 6 22 112 441 1014 1876 2886 3854 4564 4950 5008 5014 5014
50 M 1 1 26 201 423 711 855 813 561 242 15 1 3851
50 S 1 1 27 229 652 1363 2219 3032 3593 3835 3850 3851 3851
55 M 0 0 4 100 283 561 700 658 413 118 1 0 2841
55 S 0 0 4 105 388 949 1650 2308 2722 2840 2841 2841 2841
60 M 0 0 0 33 158 412 545 503 268 38 0 0 1958
60 S 0 0 0 33 192 603 1149 1652 1920 1958 1958 1958 1958
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 53 84 179 339 471 628 740 716 547 381 158 45 4342
50 S 53 138 316 656 1127 1754 2495 3210 3758 4138 4297 4342 4342
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