UTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299284) UTE DAM
From Year=1965 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	79	120	312	556	838	1109	1244	1154	904	590	281	90	7277
40 S	79	199	511	1067	1905	3014	4258	5412	6316	6906	7187	7277	7277
45 M	31	54	189	413	684	959	1089	999	754	439	164	35	5811
45 S	31	84	273	686	1370	2329	3418	4417	5172	5611	5776	5811	5811
50 M	9	18	93	278	531	809	934	844	605	299	76	11	4508
50 S	9	27	120	398	929	1738	2672	3516	4121	4420	4497	4508	4508
55 M	1	4	36	161	381	659	779	689	457	175	25	2	3370
55 S	1	5	41	202	583	1242	2021	2711	3168	3343	3368	3370	3370
60 M	0	0	9	74	242	509	624	535	314	82	5	0	2395
60 S	0	0	9	83	326	835	1459	1994	2308	2390	2395	2395	2395

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	95	128	246	375	531	703	801	750	580	395	230	101	4936
50 S	95	223	470	845	1376	2079	2880	3630	4211	4606	4835	4936	4936

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