BLOOMFIELD 3 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291063) BLOOMFIELD 3 SE
From Year=1892 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 6 28 138 341 633 896 1108 1038 763 418 89 9 5466
40 S 6 33 171 512 1145 2041 3149 4187 4950 5368 5457 5466 5466
45 M 0 4 56 209 479 746 953 883 613 275 30 1 4250
45 S 0 5 61 270 749 1495 2448 3331 3944 4219 4249 4250 4250
50 M 0 0 14 103 331 596 798 728 464 152 6 0 3192
50 S 0 0 15 117 448 1044 1843 2571 3035 3186 3192 3192 3192
55 M 0 0 2 36 196 447 643 573 318 62 0 0 2277
55 S 0 0 2 38 234 681 1324 1897 2215 2277 2277 2277 2277
60 M 0 0 0 7 90 301 489 418 181 15 0 0 1502
60 S 0 0 0 7 98 398 887 1305 1487 1502 1502 1502 1502
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 39 137 264 430 569 699 667 498 303 99 16 3730
50 S 10 48 185 449 879 1448 2147 2814 3312 3615 3714 3730 3730
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