BERNARDO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290915) BERNARDO
From Year=1933 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	40	101	269	463	758	965	1154	1083	834	513	172	44	6395
40 S	40	141	410	873	1631	2595	3749	4832	5666	6179	6351	6395	6395
45 M	12	41	153	321	603	815	999	928	684	364	81	14	5016
45 S	12	54	206	527	1130	1945	2944	3872	4556	4920	5001	5016	5016
50 M	2	12	67	195	451	665	844	773	535	227	27	3	3801
50 S	2	15	82	277	728	1393	2236	3010	3544	3771	3798	3801	3801
55 M	0	2	21	96	306	515	689	618	387	114	6	0	2754
55 S	0	2	23	119	424	939	1628	2246	2633	2747	2754	2754	2754
60 M	0	0	4	34	176	367	534	463	245	40	1	0	1864
60 S	0	0	4	38	214	582	1115	1579	1824	1863	1864	1864	1864

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	78	136	265	379	525	588	702	677	542	399	191	73	4556
50 S	78	214	479	858	1383	1972	2674	3350	3892	4292	4483	4556	4556

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