BLOOMFIELD 3 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291063) BLOOMFIELD 3 SE
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 5 29 133 340 640 902 1110 1036 770 425 88 9 5486
40 S 5 34 168 508 1147 2049 3159 4194 4965 5390 5477 5486 5486
45 M 0 5 53 209 486 752 955 881 620 281 29 1 4272
45 S 0 5 58 267 753 1505 2459 3340 3960 4241 4271 4272 4272
50 M 0 0 13 103 337 602 800 726 471 156 6 0 3214
50 S 0 0 14 117 454 1056 1855 2581 3052 3208 3214 3214 3214
55 M 0 0 2 36 201 452 645 571 323 65 0 0 2296
55 S 0 0 2 38 239 692 1336 1907 2230 2295 2296 2296 2296
60 M 0 0 0 7 93 307 490 416 186 16 0 0 1515
60 S 0 0 0 7 101 407 897 1313 1499 1515 1515 1515 1515
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 40 132 261 430 571 702 666 500 304 96 17 3727
50 S 10 49 181 442 872 1443 2144 2810 3310 3614 3710 3727 3727
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