TAJIQUE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298648) TAJIQUE
From Year=1915 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 20 36 128 241 500 797 898 830 602 356 107 22 4536
40 S 20 56 184 424 924 1721 2619 3448 4051 4407 4514 4536 4536
45 M 7 7 53 127 348 647 743 675 454 215 40 3 3318
45 S 7 14 67 194 542 1188 1931 2606 3060 3274 3315 3318 3318
50 M 1 1 16 48 205 497 588 520 308 104 9 0 2296
50 S 1 2 18 66 271 767 1355 1875 2184 2287 2296 2296 2296
55 M 0 0 3 9 88 347 433 365 177 32 0 0 1455
55 S 0 0 4 13 101 448 881 1246 1423 1455 1455 1455 1455
60 M 0 0 0 1 24 206 278 211 69 5 0 0 794
60 S 0 0 0 1 25 231 509 720 789 794 794 794 794
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 20 43 123 212 357 518 569 525 381 255 91 27 3122
50 S 20 64 187 399 755 1274 1843 2368 2749 3003 3095 3122 3122
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