TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299128) TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
From Year=1951 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	130	215	415	630	936	1186	1277	1214	994	701	301	106	8105
40 S	130	345	760	1390	2326	3512	4789	6003	6997	7698	7999	8105	8105
45 M	46	109	271	480	781	1036	1122	1059	844	548	176	38	6510
45 S	46	155	426	906	1687	2724	3846	4905	5749	6296	6472	6510	6510
50 M	10	41	149	334	626	886	967	904	694	397	81	8	5098
50 S	10	51	200	534	1160	2047	3013	3918	4612	5008	5090	5098	5098
55 M	1	9	63	202	472	736	812	749	544	253	24	1	3867
55 S	1	10	73	275	747	1483	2295	3045	3588	3842	3866	3867	3867
60 M	0	1	17	94	322	586	657	594	394	130	4	0	2800
60 S	0	1	18	113	435	1021	1678	2272	2667	2797	2800	2800	2800

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	132	182	304	423	595	738	816	787	637	458	232	109	5414
50 S	132	315	619	1041	1636	2375	3191	3978	4615	5073	5305	5414	5414

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