RENCONA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297380) RENCONA
From Year=1923 To Year=1962
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 19 65 242 425 764 868 817 634 287 25 30 4177
40 S 1 19 84 326 751 1516 2384 3201 3836 4123 4148 4177 4177
45 M 0 3 19 118 288 614 713 662 486 151 3 1 3058
45 S 0 3 21 140 428 1042 1756 2418 2904 3055 3058 3058 3058
50 M 0 0 3 37 169 464 558 507 338 49 0 0 2127
50 S 0 0 4 41 210 675 1233 1740 2078 2127 2127 2127 2127
55 M 0 0 0 6 76 316 403 352 192 7 0 0 1354
55 S 0 0 0 6 82 399 802 1154 1346 1354 1354 1354 1354
60 M 0 0 0 0 19 179 248 199 69 0 0 0 714
60 S 0 0 0 0 20 198 447 645 714 714 714 714 714
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 36 110 251 335 511 550 524 475 269 45 22 3129
50 S 1 37 146 398 733 1243 1794 2318 2793 3062 3107 3129 3129
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