SANTA CLARA RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298061) SANTA CLARA RANGER STN
From Year=1937 To Year=1948
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 -99 -99 252 432 713 790 892 667 357 77 3 -99
40 S 4 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 0 -99 -99 141 295 563 635 737 517 211 25 0 -99
45 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 0 -99 -99 55 177 413 480 582 367 90 4 0 -99
50 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 -99 -99 10 87 263 325 427 224 25 0 0 -99
55 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 -99 -99 0 28 118 171 272 97 1 0 0 -99
60 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 -99 -99 230 306 441 495 569 417 252 97 23 -99
50 S 11 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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