PLACITAS 4 W, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296911) PLACITAS 4 W
From Year=1992 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 16 58 249 472 724 1017 1154 1086 803 479 145 27 6230
40 S 16 74 323 795 1519 2536 3690 4775 5578 6057 6203 6230 6230
45 M 1 17 130 329 571 867 999 931 653 330 63 8 4898
45 S 1 18 148 478 1049 1916 2914 3845 4498 4827 4890 4898 4898
50 M 0 4 52 198 423 717 844 776 503 195 16 1 3729
50 S 0 4 56 255 678 1395 2238 3014 3517 3712 3728 3729 3729
55 M 0 0 16 94 282 567 689 621 355 86 3 0 2711
55 S 0 0 16 109 391 958 1647 2267 2622 2709 2711 2711 2711
60 M 0 0 2 29 156 417 534 466 214 26 0 0 1842
60 S 0 0 2 31 187 604 1137 1603 1816 1842 1842 1842 1842
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 23 58 200 324 470 643 749 704 517 319 113 23 4143
50 S 23 81 282 606 1076 1719 2467 3171 3688 4007 4120 4143 4143
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