PICACHO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296804) PICACHO 2 WSW
From Year=1980 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	106	155	306	508	766	976	1069	1019	815	555	252	104	6630
40 S	106	261	567	1075	1841	2817	3886	4904	5719	6274	6526	6630	6630
45 M	36	70	175	363	611	826	914	864	665	403	137	40	5103
45 S	36	106	280	643	1255	2081	2995	3858	4523	4926	5063	5103	5103
50 M	7	22	77	227	457	676	759	709	516	258	54	11	3772
50 S	7	29	106	333	790	1466	2225	2933	3449	3707	3761	3772	3772
55 M	1	4	23	114	306	526	604	554	367	132	13	2	2646
55 S	1	5	28	142	448	975	1578	2132	2499	2631	2644	2646	2646
60 M	0	0	4	40	169	376	449	399	223	43	1	0	1705
60 S	0	0	5	45	214	590	1039	1438	1661	1704	1705	1705	1705

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	134	160	261	370	494	610	695	669	522	382	220	125	4643
50 S	134	294	555	925	1419	2029	2724	3393	3915	4298	4518	4643	4643

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