TOHATCHI 1 ESE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298919) TOHATCHI 1 ESE
From Year=1914 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 16 43 116 302 581 889 1075 983 755 462 131 22 5375
40 S 16 59 175 477 1057 1947 3022 4005 4760 5222 5353 5375 5375
45 M 3 11 49 178 430 739 920 828 605 318 54 3 4139
45 S 3 14 63 241 670 1410 2330 3158 3763 4082 4136 4139 4139
50 M 0 1 15 85 288 589 765 673 456 192 12 0 3076
50 S 0 1 15 100 389 978 1743 2416 2872 3064 3076 3076 3076
55 M 0 0 2 29 164 440 610 518 310 92 0 0 2166
55 S 0 0 2 31 195 636 1246 1764 2074 2166 2166 2166 2166
60 M 0 0 0 6 71 296 456 363 178 29 0 0 1400
60 S 0 0 0 6 77 374 830 1193 1371 1400 1400 1400 1400
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 18 42 98 218 375 568 698 640 472 293 103 23 3548
50 S 18 59 158 375 751 1319 2017 2657 3130 3422 3525 3548 3548
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