VALMORA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299330) VALMORA
From Year=1893 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 17 30 97 240 488 735 897 846 625 343 98 30 4447
40 S 17 47 144 384 873 1608 2505 3351 3976 4319 4417 4447 4447
45 M 4 7 34 128 339 585 742 691 477 207 34 7 3254
45 S 4 10 45 173 512 1097 1839 2530 3006 3213 3247 3254 3254
50 M 0 1 7 50 201 436 587 536 330 97 6 1 2253
50 S 0 1 8 59 260 695 1283 1818 2149 2246 2252 2253 2253
55 M 0 0 1 12 91 289 432 381 193 30 1 0 1429
55 S 0 0 1 13 104 393 825 1206 1398 1429 1429 1429 1429
60 M 0 0 0 1 25 155 278 228 78 5 0 0 771
60 S 0 0 0 1 27 181 460 688 766 771 771 771 771
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 56 70 132 222 351 475 568 537 418 298 146 75 3349
50 S 56 126 258 480 832 1307 1875 2412 2830 3128 3274 3349 3349
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