CARRIZOZO 1 SW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291515) CARRIZOZO
From Year=1908 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	48	99	245	465	750	994	1101	1039	824	521	180	47	6312
40 S	48	146	392	856	1607	2601	3701	4740	5564	6085	6265	6312	6312
45 M	12	35	132	322	596	844	946	884	674	371	83	11	4909
45 S	12	47	178	500	1096	1940	2886	3770	4444	4815	4898	4909	4909
50 M	2	8	54	193	443	694	791	729	524	231	26	2	3697
50 S	2	9	64	257	700	1394	2185	2914	3438	3669	3695	3697	3697
55 M	0	1	15	92	295	544	636	574	376	115	4	0	2653
55 S	0	1	16	108	403	947	1583	2157	2533	2649	2653	2653	2653
60 M	0	0	2	30	162	394	481	419	233	39	0	0	1761
60 S	0	0	2	32	194	589	1069	1489	1721	1761	1761	1761	1761

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	69	110	210	336	494	623	705	675	530	361	169	70	4353
50 S	69	179	389	725	1220	1843	2548	3223	3753	4115	4283	4353	4353

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