JEMEZ SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294369) JEMEZ SPRINGS
From Year=1910 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 14 40 128 314 575 815 966 908 698 414 117 21 5009
40 S 14 53 182 496 1071 1885 2851 3759 4457 4871 4988 5009 5009
45 M 1 8 46 183 422 665 811 753 548 269 42 3 3752
45 S 1 10 56 239 661 1326 2137 2889 3438 3707 3749 3752 3752
50 M 0 1 9 82 275 515 656 598 400 143 8 0 2686
50 S 0 1 10 92 367 882 1538 2136 2535 2678 2686 2686 2686
55 M 0 0 1 23 146 366 501 443 254 52 0 0 1785
55 S 0 0 1 24 170 535 1037 1479 1733 1785 1785 1785 1785
60 M 0 0 0 3 53 223 346 288 123 9 0 0 1046
60 S 0 0 0 3 56 279 625 913 1036 1046 1046 1046 1046
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 51 127 245 387 520 622 583 441 288 113 33 3434
50 S 25 76 203 448 835 1354 1976 2559 3001 3289 3402 3434 3434
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