THOREAU 12 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298834) THOREAU 12 SE
From Year=1914 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 7 51 159 428 691 845 773 520 224 33 3 3736
40 S 2 10 60 219 647 1338 2183 2956 3476 3700 3734 3736 3736
45 M 0 1 12 67 282 541 690 618 373 113 4 0 2701
45 S 0 1 13 80 362 903 1593 2211 2584 2696 2701 2701 2701
50 M 0 0 1 17 155 392 535 463 230 42 0 0 1834
50 S 0 0 1 17 172 564 1099 1562 1792 1834 1834 1834 1834
55 M 0 0 0 2 62 249 380 308 106 12 0 0 1118
55 S 0 0 0 2 64 313 693 1000 1106 1118 1118 1118 1118
60 M 0 0 0 0 15 125 226 157 28 4 0 0 554
60 S 0 0 0 0 15 140 366 522 551 554 554 554 554
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 14 22 85 170 328 475 538 486 362 219 78 12 2790
50 S 14 37 122 292 619 1095 1633 2119 2481 2700 2778 2790 2790
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