CORRALES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292100) CORRALES
From Year=1982 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 16 64 217 409 674 916 1088 1037 782 441 125 16 5783
40 S 16 80 297 706 1380 2295 3383 4420 5201 5642 5767 5783 5783
45 M 2 17 104 267 519 766 933 882 632 293 47 3 4464
45 S 2 19 123 390 910 1675 2608 3490 4121 4415 4462 4464 4464
50 M 0 3 34 145 366 616 778 727 482 160 10 0 3320
50 S 0 3 37 181 548 1163 1941 2668 3149 3310 3320 3320 3320
55 M 0 0 6 54 221 466 623 572 333 62 0 0 2337
55 S 0 0 6 61 282 747 1370 1942 2275 2337 2337 2337 2337
60 M 0 0 0 10 99 316 468 417 193 14 0 0 1517
60 S 0 0 0 11 110 426 894 1311 1503 1517 1517 1517 1517
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 45 94 216 328 470 571 685 669 514 336 143 39 4108
50 S 45 139 354 682 1152 1723 2407 3076 3590 3926 4069 4108 4108
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