OTIS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296465) OTIS
From Year=1905 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 3 16 88 237 516 811 978 907 667 356 75 7 4661
40 S 3 19 107 344 860 1671 2648 3555 4223 4579 4654 4661 4661
45 M 0 2 32 128 365 661 823 752 518 222 26 0 3529
45 S 0 3 34 162 527 1188 2011 2763 3281 3503 3529 3529 3529
50 M 0 0 7 51 227 511 668 597 370 112 5 0 2548
50 S 0 0 7 58 285 796 1464 2061 2431 2543 2548 2548 2548
55 M 0 0 0 13 113 363 513 442 230 39 0 0 1714
55 S 0 0 0 14 127 490 1003 1445 1675 1714 1714 1714 1714
60 M 0 0 0 2 38 224 358 288 109 7 0 0 1025
60 S 0 0 0 2 40 264 622 909 1018 1025 1025 1025 1025
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 14 71 175 335 523 640 589 408 216 53 7 3034
50 S 3 17 88 263 598 1121 1762 2351 2759 2974 3027 3034 3034
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