GLORIETA RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293587) GLORIETA RANCH
From Year=1910 To Year=1928
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	72	179	199	443	758	1074	1112	1065	873	613	276	42	6705
40 S	72	251	450	892	1650	2724	3836	4901	5774	6387	6663	6705	6705
45 M	23	84	97	299	603	924	957	910	723	461	150	11	5242
45 S	23	107	204	503	1106	2030	2987	3897	4620	5080	5230	5242	5242
50 M	5	26	40	177	449	774	802	755	574	311	60	1	3972
50 S	5	30	70	247	696	1470	2272	3027	3600	3911	3971	3972	3972
55 M	0	7	15	85	300	624	647	600	426	178	19	0	2900
55 S	0	7	22	107	407	1031	1679	2278	2704	2882	2900	2900	2900
60 M	0	2	4	32	167	475	492	445	281	78	4	0	1979
60 S	0	2	5	38	205	680	1172	1616	1897	1975	1979	1979	1979

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	60	131	149	278	481	700	748	712	566	368	165	35	4393
50 S	60	191	340	618	1099	1799	2547	3258	3824	4192	4357	4393	4393

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