GAMERCO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293431) GAMERCO
From Year=1922 To Year=1951
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	10	61	229	475	738	931	875	637	317	44	3	4323
40 S	1	11	73	301	776	1515	2446	3321	3958	4276	4320	4323	4323
45 M	0	1	16	118	327	588	776	720	488	186	10	0	3230
45 S	0	1	17	135	462	1050	1827	2547	3034	3220	3230	3230	3230
50 M	0	0	2	44	191	439	621	565	341	85	1	0	2289
50 S	0	0	2	46	237	675	1297	1861	2202	2288	2289	2289	2289
55 M	0	0	0	9	81	293	466	410	202	25	0	0	1485
55 S	0	0	0	9	90	383	849	1259	1460	1485	1485	1485	1485
60 M	0	0	0	0	20	161	311	255	84	3	0	0	836
60 S	0	0	0	0	20	182	493	748	833	836	836	836	836

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	25	82	195	341	488	598	560	412	248	80	22	3060
50 S	9	34	115	311	652	1139	1738	2298	2710	2958	3039	3060	3060

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