CIENEGA 5 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291807) CIENEGA 5 SSW
From Year=1955 To Year=1963
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 63 272 396 590 887 1281 1300 1244 1047 691 281 -99 -99
40 S 63 336 732 1322 2208 3489 4788 6032 7080 7771 8052 -99 -99
45 M 16 157 253 440 732 1131 1145 1089 897 536 161 -99 -99
45 S 16 173 426 866 1597 2728 3872 4961 5859 6395 6556 -99 -99
50 M 4 77 128 291 577 981 990 934 747 382 66 -99 -99
50 S 4 81 209 499 1076 2056 3046 3980 4727 5109 5175 -99 -99
55 M 0 22 41 160 422 831 835 779 597 237 18 -99 -99
55 S 0 22 64 223 645 1476 2310 3089 3686 3923 3941 -99 -99
60 M 0 1 7 75 268 681 680 624 450 109 3 -99 -99
60 S 0 1 8 83 351 1032 1712 2335 2786 2895 2897 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 107 238 305 448 574 769 853 782 657 454 258 -99 -99
50 S 107 345 651 1099 1673 2442 3295 4077 4734 5189 5447 -99 -99
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