TULAROSA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299165) TULAROSA
From Year=1909 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	136	206	399	607	886	1112	1212	1156	951	669	316	125	7776
40 S	136	342	740	1348	2234	3346	4558	5714	6666	7335	7650	7776	7776
45 M	54	102	257	459	731	962	1057	1001	801	515	188	48	6174
45 S	54	156	412	871	1601	2563	3621	4622	5423	5938	6126	6174	6174
50 M	13	36	139	315	576	812	902	846	651	365	89	12	4757
50 S	13	50	189	504	1080	1892	2794	3640	4292	4656	4745	4757	4757
55 M	2	8	57	186	422	662	747	691	502	226	27	1	3532
55 S	2	9	66	252	675	1337	2084	2775	3277	3503	3530	3532	3532
60 M	0	1	14	83	275	512	592	537	354	111	4	0	2482
60 S	0	1	14	98	373	885	1477	2013	2367	2478	2482	2482	2482

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	118	161	285	406	569	698	780	756	621	427	223	108	5151
50 S	118	279	564	970	1539	2237	3017	3773	4394	4820	5043	5151	5151

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