AUGUSTINE 2 E, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290640) AUGUSTINE 2 E
From Year=1926 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 8 19 74 219 462 738 888 807 588 299 63 12 4178
40 S 8 28 102 321 783 1520 2408 3216 3804 4103 4166 4178 4178
45 M 1 3 20 109 312 588 733 652 438 166 15 2 3039
45 S 1 4 24 133 446 1033 1766 2419 2857 3023 3038 3039 3039
50 M 0 0 3 38 177 438 578 497 290 67 2 0 2091
50 S 0 0 4 42 220 657 1235 1733 2023 2090 2091 2091 2091
55 M 0 0 0 8 75 290 423 342 154 15 0 0 1308
55 S 0 0 0 9 83 373 797 1139 1293 1308 1308 1308 1308
60 M 0 0 0 1 20 156 268 190 53 1 0 0 690
60 S 0 0 0 1 21 177 445 635 688 690 690 690 690
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 37 62 136 236 368 506 569 519 411 284 130 47 3303
50 S 37 98 234 470 837 1343 1912 2431 2842 3126 3257 3303 3303
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