TRES PIEDRAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299085) TRES PIEDRAS
From Year=1905 To Year=2011
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 2 14 99 304 551 716 658 449 174 18 0 2985
40 S 0 2 16 115 419 970 1687 2344 2793 2967 2985 2985 2985
45 M 0 1 1 31 167 402 561 503 301 74 3 0 2045
45 S 0 1 2 33 201 603 1164 1666 1967 2042 2045 2045 2045
50 M 0 0 0 5 67 256 406 348 163 19 1 0 1265
50 S 0 0 1 6 72 328 735 1082 1245 1264 1265 1265 1265
55 M 0 0 0 1 15 128 252 195 57 2 0 0 650
55 S 0 0 0 1 16 144 396 591 648 650 650 650 650
60 M 0 0 0 0 2 39 108 66 8 0 0 0 223
60 S 0 0 0 0 2 41 149 215 223 223 223 223 223
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 7 32 123 254 394 465 424 332 186 41 5 2267
50 S 2 9 42 165 419 813 1278 1703 2035 2221 2262 2267 2267
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