PIETOWN 19 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296812) PIETOWN 19 NE
From Year=1988 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 9 18 95 259 525 782 861 789 598 346 78 8 4368
40 S 9 27 122 381 906 1688 2549 3339 3937 4282 4360 4368 4368
45 M 1 2 34 142 376 632 706 634 448 211 25 1 3212
45 S 1 4 37 180 555 1187 1893 2528 2975 3186 3212 3212 3212
50 M 0 0 7 58 235 482 551 479 300 101 4 0 2217
50 S 0 0 7 65 300 782 1333 1813 2112 2213 2217 2217 2217
55 M 0 0 1 14 118 334 396 325 160 30 0 0 1378
55 S 0 0 1 14 133 467 863 1188 1348 1378 1378 1378 1378
60 M 0 0 0 2 40 195 242 173 53 4 0 0 709
60 S 0 0 0 2 42 237 480 653 706 709 709 709 709
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 25 94 205 352 507 546 486 362 225 62 9 2884
50 S 10 35 129 334 686 1194 1739 2225 2587 2813 2875 2884 2884
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