MC INTOSH 4 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295583) MC INTOSH 4 NW
From Year=1928 To Year=1976
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 29 102 275 534 795 942 871 653 366 81 14 4677
40 S 14 43 145 420 954 1749 2690 3562 4215 4581 4663 4677 4677
45 M 2 5 37 151 382 645 787 716 504 225 23 2 3481
45 S 2 8 45 196 578 1223 2009 2725 3229 3455 3478 3481 3481
50 M 0 0 8 61 239 495 632 561 356 108 3 0 2464
50 S 0 1 9 70 308 803 1435 1996 2352 2461 2463 2464 2464
55 M 0 0 1 15 117 345 477 406 214 34 0 0 1609
55 S 0 0 1 16 133 478 955 1361 1575 1609 1609 1609 1609
60 M 0 0 0 2 38 203 322 252 91 4 0 0 911
60 S 0 0 0 2 39 243 564 816 907 911 911 911 911
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 54 131 253 393 519 592 553 438 299 116 39 3418
50 S 29 83 214 467 861 1380 1972 2525 2963 3263 3379 3418 3418
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