COCHITI DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291982) COCHITI DAM
From Year=1975 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 15 58 205 402 691 974 1121 1054 815 484 149 19 5987
40 S 15 73 278 680 1371 2346 3467 4521 5336 5819 5968 5987 5987
45 M 1 14 100 266 537 824 966 899 665 338 66 3 4679
45 S 1 15 115 381 918 1742 2709 3608 4272 4611 4676 4679 4679
50 M 0 2 33 150 387 674 811 744 515 205 19 0 3540
50 S 0 2 35 185 571 1246 2057 2801 3316 3521 3540 3540 3540
55 M 0 0 6 63 245 525 656 589 368 97 3 0 2551
55 S 0 0 6 70 314 839 1495 2084 2451 2548 2551 2551 2551
60 M 0 0 0 16 125 376 501 434 227 30 0 0 1710
60 S 0 0 0 16 141 517 1018 1452 1679 1710 1710 1710 1710
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 30 71 176 287 443 614 720 688 521 329 130 34 4045
50 S 30 101 277 564 1008 1622 2342 3031 3552 3881 4011 4045 4045
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