SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298387) SOCORRO
From Year=1893 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 51 124 301 530 796 1033 1167 1104 864 555 188 47 6760
40 S 51 175 476 1006 1803 2835 4003 5106 5971 6526 6714 6760 6760
45 M 14 48 171 383 641 883 1012 949 714 403 86 12 5316
45 S 14 62 233 616 1258 2140 3153 4101 4816 5219 5305 5316 5316
50 M 3 12 73 243 487 733 857 794 565 258 27 2 4053
50 S 3 14 88 331 818 1551 2408 3202 3766 4024 4051 4053 4053
55 M 0 2 21 124 335 583 702 639 415 132 5 0 2958
55 S 0 2 23 147 481 1064 1767 2405 2820 2953 2957 2958 2958
60 M 0 0 3 44 194 433 547 484 269 47 0 0 2022
60 S 0 0 3 47 241 674 1221 1705 1974 2021 2022 2022 2022
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 77 141 263 387 525 634 738 709 560 396 185 73 4688
50 S 77 217 481 867 1393 2027 2766 3475 4034 4431 4615 4688 4688
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