ALBUQUERQUE WSFO AIRPOR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290234) ALBUQUERQUE WSFO AIRPOR
From Year=1914 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	31	89	234	463	767	1028	1183	1113	876	544	165	33	6527
40 S	31	119	353	817	1584	2612	3795	4908	5784	6328	6493	6527	6527
45 M	5	29	121	321	613	878	1028	958	726	393	73	7	5153
45 S	5	34	155	477	1089	1968	2996	3954	4680	5073	5146	5153	5153
50 M	1	5	47	194	460	728	873	803	577	253	21	1	3962
50 S	1	6	53	247	706	1435	2308	3111	3687	3940	3961	3962	3962
55 M	0	0	11	93	312	579	718	648	428	132	2	0	2924
55 S	0	0	12	105	417	995	1713	2361	2789	2921	2924	2924	2924
60 M	0	0	1	30	179	429	563	493	283	50	0	0	2028
60 S	0	0	1	31	210	639	1202	1695	1978	2028	2028	2028	2028

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	33	79	176	304	487	661	778	743	568	336	124	35	4325
50 S	33	112	287	592	1079	1740	2518	3261	3830	4166	4290	4325	4325

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