OROGRANDE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296435) OROGRANDE 1 N
From Year=1904 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	138	216	414	638	915	1161	1265	1197	986	703	323	135	8091
40 S	138	354	768	1406	2321	3483	4747	5944	6931	7633	7956	8091	8091
45 M	54	112	272	489	760	1011	1110	1042	836	549	195	54	6485
45 S	54	167	438	928	1688	2700	3809	4851	5687	6236	6431	6485	6485
50 M	14	43	151	345	606	861	955	887	686	398	93	13	5052
50 S	14	57	208	553	1158	2020	2974	3861	4548	4945	5039	5052	5052
55 M	2	10	64	212	452	711	800	732	537	254	30	2	3805
55 S	2	12	76	289	740	1452	2251	2983	3520	3773	3803	3805	3805
60 M	0	1	18	103	302	561	645	577	388	131	5	0	2730
60 S	0	1	19	122	423	985	1629	2206	2594	2725	2730	2730	2730

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	138	183	308	429	583	713	801	770	635	463	248	138	5408
50 S	138	321	629	1058	1641	2354	3154	3924	4559	5022	5270	5408	5408

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