ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290234) ALBUQUERQUE WSFO AIRPOR
From Year=1914 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	31	89	240	468	771	1035	1186	1117	878	547	169	34	6564
40 S	31	119	359	827	1598	2633	3819	4936	5814	6361	6530	6564	6564
45 M	5	29	126	326	616	885	1031	962	728	397	76	7	5188
45 S	5	34	160	486	1102	1987	3018	3980	4708	5105	5181	5188	5188
50 M	1	5	50	198	463	735	876	807	579	256	23	1	3993
50 S	1	6	56	254	717	1452	2328	3135	3714	3969	3992	3993	3993
55 M	0	0	13	96	316	585	721	652	430	135	3	0	2950
55 S	0	0	13	109	425	1010	1731	2383	2813	2948	2950	2950	2950
60 M	0	0	2	32	182	435	566	497	285	51	0	0	2050
60 S	0	0	2	33	215	651	1217	1714	1999	2050	2050	2050	2050

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	33	78	179	306	489	666	781	747	570	337	125	35	4347
50 S	33	111	290	596	1085	1751	2532	3279	3849	4186	4312	4347	4347

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