EL RITO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292820) EL RITO
From Year=1927 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 4 16 86 241 496 724 914 855 641 362 74 5 4419
40 S 4 20 106 347 844 1568 2482 3337 3977 4340 4414 4419 4419
45 M 0 2 28 125 345 574 759 700 491 224 23 1 3272
45 S 0 2 30 155 500 1074 1833 2533 3024 3248 3272 3272 3272
50 M 0 0 4 45 205 424 604 545 343 110 3 0 2284
50 S 0 0 5 50 255 679 1284 1828 2172 2281 2284 2284 2284
55 M 0 0 0 10 94 278 449 390 202 36 0 0 1459
55 S 0 0 0 10 104 382 831 1221 1423 1459 1459 1459 1459
60 M 0 0 0 1 27 147 294 236 84 7 0 0 796
60 S 0 0 0 1 28 175 470 706 790 796 796 796 796
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 28 100 204 348 475 587 545 411 265 78 14 3064
50 S 10 38 138 342 689 1164 1751 2296 2706 2972 3050 3064 3064
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