GALLUP RANGER STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293425) GALLUP RANGER STN
From Year=1966 To Year=1975
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 9 24 108 179 468 744 934 851 611 316 76 14 4333
40 S 9 33 141 319 787 1531 2465 3316 3927 4243 4319 4333 4333
45 M 1 4 44 81 321 594 779 696 462 190 25 2 3196
45 S 1 4 48 128 449 1043 1822 2517 2979 3170 3195 3196 3196
50 M 0 0 11 27 185 444 624 541 317 88 4 0 2241
50 S 0 0 11 38 223 667 1291 1832 2149 2237 2241 2241 2241
55 M 0 0 1 6 84 298 469 386 182 24 0 0 1450
55 S 0 0 1 7 91 389 858 1244 1426 1450 1450 1450 1450
60 M 0 0 0 1 27 170 314 232 77 3 0 0 824
60 S 0 0 0 1 28 198 512 744 821 824 824 824 824
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 30 92 164 330 482 603 542 381 213 69 14 2933
50 S 11 41 133 297 628 1109 1713 2255 2636 2849 2918 2933 2933
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