SANDIA CREST, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298011) SANDIA CREST
From Year=1953 To Year=1979
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 0 1 21 162 406 524 442 275 95 4 0 1929
40 S 0 0 1 23 184 591 1114 1556 1830 1925 1929 1929 1929
45 M 0 0 0 3 69 265 369 287 144 27 0 0 1164
45 S 0 0 0 3 72 337 706 993 1137 1164 1164 1164 1164
50 M 0 0 0 0 16 141 216 141 48 3 0 0 565
50 S 0 0 0 0 17 157 374 515 563 565 565 565 565
55 M 0 0 0 0 2 52 86 38 8 0 0 0 186
55 S 0 0 0 0 2 54 140 178 186 186 186 186 186
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 4 0 0 0 0 30
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 10 26 30 30 30 30 30 30
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 0 9 83 215 264 203 116 32 1 0 923
50 S 0 0 0 9 92 307 571 774 890 922 923 923 923
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