GILA 6 NNE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293528) GILA 6 NNE
From Year=1916 To Year=1959
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 65 132 263 446 671 961 1140 1065 852 578 186 82 6441
40 S 65 198 461 907 1578 2539 3679 4744 5596 6173 6359 6441 6441
45 M 14 59 138 299 516 811 985 910 702 424 79 18 4954
45 S 14 72 210 509 1025 1836 2821 3731 4433 4857 4936 4954 4954
50 M 2 18 47 163 362 661 830 755 552 276 20 2 3688
50 S 2 20 68 231 593 1254 2084 2839 3391 3666 3686 3688 3688
55 M 0 3 8 62 215 511 675 600 402 145 1 0 2623
55 S 0 3 11 74 288 800 1475 2075 2476 2621 2623 2623 2623
60 M 0 0 1 15 99 362 520 445 255 53 0 0 1750
60 S 0 0 1 15 114 477 996 1441 1697 1750 1750 1750 1750
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 109 173 270 368 488 570 698 676 553 427 247 154 4731
50 S 109 281 551 919 1407 1977 2675 3351 3904 4331 4577 4731 4731
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