ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293031) ESPANOLA
From Year=1895 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	6	28	138	330	600	857	1023	965	714	387	81	6	5134
40 S	6	33	171	501	1101	1958	2981	3947	4661	5047	5129	5134	5134
45 M	1	5	52	198	446	707	868	810	564	245	23	1	3920
45 S	1	6	58	255	702	1409	2277	3088	3652	3897	3920	3920	3920
50 M	0	0	13	91	297	557	713	655	415	124	4	0	2870
50 S	0	0	13	105	402	959	1672	2328	2743	2866	2870	2870	2870
55 M	0	0	2	27	162	407	558	500	269	42	0	0	1969
55 S	0	0	2	29	191	599	1157	1657	1927	1969	1969	1969	1969
60 M	0	0	0	4	62	261	403	345	139	7	0	0	1222
60 S	0	0	0	4	66	328	731	1076	1215	1222	1222	1222	1222

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	25	63	168	279	423	548	646	617	477	322	129	28	3722
50 S	25	87	255	534	957	1504	2150	2767	3243	3565	3695	3722	3722

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