ADOBE RANCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290119) ADOBE RANCH
From Year=1941 To Year=1994
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	3	10	32	125	334	577	754	686	487	220	24	3	3255
40 S	3	13	45	170	505	1082	1836	2522	3009	3229	3253	3255	3255
45 M	0	1	7	40	188	427	599	531	338	97	2	0	2231
45 S	0	1	8	48	236	663	1263	1794	2132	2229	2231	2231	2231
50 M	0	0	1	6	70	279	444	376	192	27	0	0	1395
50 S	0	0	1	7	77	356	800	1177	1369	1395	1395	1395	1395
55 M	0	0	0	1	11	146	289	221	74	4	0	0	747
55 S	0	0	0	1	12	158	447	669	743	747	747	747	747
60 M	0	0	0	0	0	53	138	77	11	1	0	0	280
60 S	0	0	0	0	0	54	191	268	279	280	280	280	280

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	33	51	98	209	345	455	492	452	374	266	114	41	2930
50 S	33	85	183	392	736	1192	1684	2136	2510	2776	2890	2930	2930

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 Jul 28, 2006
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