TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299113) TRUCHAS
From Year=1909 To Year=1962
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 13 24 133 354 629 758 710 539 260 53 7 3481
40 S 1 14 38 171 525 1154 1912 2622 3161 3420 3473 3481 3481
45 M 0 2 4 52 214 479 603 555 392 137 14 1 2453
45 S 0 2 6 58 273 751 1354 1909 2301 2438 2452 2453 2453
50 M 0 0 0 14 100 330 448 400 248 53 2 0 1595
50 S 0 0 0 14 114 444 892 1292 1541 1593 1595 1595 1595
55 M 0 0 0 2 33 192 293 247 120 12 0 0 899
55 S 0 0 0 2 35 227 520 767 887 899 899 899 899
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 84 145 107 32 1 0 0 376
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 91 236 343 375 376 376 376 376
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 19 54 135 256 408 474 444 350 197 66 16 2427
50 S 6 25 79 214 470 878 1353 1797 2147 2344 2411 2427 2427
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