SOLANO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298415) SOLANO
From Year=1914 To Year=1959
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M -99 -99 233 -99 892 1003 1185 1050 834 509 327 23 -99
40 S -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M -99 -99 122 -99 737 853 1030 895 684 359 184 3 -99
45 S -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M -99 -99 50 -99 582 703 875 740 534 209 76 0 -99
50 S -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M -99 -99 12 -99 427 553 720 585 384 83 9 0 -99
55 S -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M -99 -99 0 -99 275 403 565 430 235 16 0 0 -99
60 S -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M -99 -99 201 -99 561 615 744 708 549 382 258 33 -99
50 S -99 -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