OCHOA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296281) OCHOA
From Year=1942 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 162 225 450 664 978 1197 1251 1228 998 721 357 161 8393
40 S 162 387 837 1501 2478 3676 4927 6155 7153 7874 8232 8393 8393
45 M 77 129 314 516 823 1047 1096 1073 848 568 231 78 6800
45 S 77 205 519 1035 1858 2905 4002 5075 5923 6491 6722 6800 6800
50 M 27 59 196 374 669 897 941 918 698 418 127 28 5353
50 S 27 86 282 656 1325 2222 3163 4081 4780 5198 5325 5353 5353
55 M 6 19 103 242 515 747 786 763 549 279 53 6 4069
55 S 6 25 128 370 885 1632 2419 3182 3731 4010 4063 4069 4069
60 M 1 3 40 131 366 597 631 608 402 156 15 1 2952
60 S 1 4 44 175 541 1139 1770 2378 2780 2936 2951 2952 2952
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 159 183 320 436 607 747 809 794 644 463 259 149 5571
50 S 159 343 662 1099 1706 2452 3262 4056 4700 5163 5422 5571 5571
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