GALLUP 5 E, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293420) GALLUP 5 E
From Year=1918 To Year=1979
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 74 227 486 741 951 880 662 345 53 7 4446
40 S 4 21 94 322 808 1549 2500 3380 4041 4386 4440 4446 4446
45 M 0 2 23 113 337 591 796 725 512 207 12 1 3318
45 S 0 3 25 139 475 1066 1862 2587 3098 3305 3317 3318 3318
50 M 0 0 5 39 198 441 641 570 363 97 1 0 2355
50 S 0 0 5 45 242 683 1324 1894 2257 2354 2355 2355 2355
55 M 0 0 1 8 86 294 486 415 219 29 0 0 1538
55 S 0 0 1 9 95 389 875 1289 1509 1538 1538 1538 1538
60 M 0 0 0 1 23 158 331 260 98 4 0 0 876
60 S 0 0 0 1 24 183 514 774 872 876 876 876 876
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 17 41 103 226 375 504 606 570 446 291 99 27 3307
50 S 17 58 161 388 763 1267 1873 2444 2890 3181 3279 3307 3307
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