TERERRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298788) TERERRO
From Year=1946 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 5 9 76 237 509 638 598 408 166 22 4 2673
40 S 1 6 15 91 328 837 1475 2073 2482 2647 2669 2673 2673
45 M 0 0 1 16 107 359 483 443 259 61 3 1 1733
45 S 0 0 1 17 125 483 967 1409 1668 1729 1732 1733 1733
50 M 0 0 0 1 25 212 328 288 121 11 0 0 986
50 S 0 0 0 1 26 239 567 855 975 986 986 986 986
55 M 0 0 0 0 2 87 175 136 29 1 0 0 430
55 S 0 0 0 0 2 89 264 400 429 430 430 430 430
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 13 49 26 2 0 0 0 90
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 13 62 88 90 90 90 90 90
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 22 27 42 133 245 404 440 408 350 216 96 36 2419
50 S 22 49 91 224 468 873 1312 1721 2071 2287 2383 2419 2419
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