CARRIZOZO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291515) CARRIZOZO
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	46	99	244	459	752	990	1109	1038	829	526	178	47	6318
40 S	46	146	390	849	1601	2591	3699	4738	5567	6093	6271	6318	6318
45 M	12	35	131	316	597	840	954	883	679	375	82	12	4918
45 S	12	47	179	495	1093	1933	2886	3770	4449	4825	4907	4918	4918
50 M	2	8	54	188	444	690	799	728	530	235	26	2	3706
50 S	2	10	64	252	697	1387	2185	2914	3443	3679	3704	3706	3706
55 M	0	1	15	88	296	540	644	573	381	117	4	0	2660
55 S	0	1	16	104	400	940	1584	2157	2538	2656	2660	2660	2660
60 M	0	0	2	27	164	390	489	419	237	40	0	0	1768
60 S	0	0	2	30	193	584	1072	1491	1728	1768	1768	1768	1768

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	69	112	211	335	495	618	709	673	532	365	169	72	4360
50 S	69	180	392	727	1222	1840	2549	3222	3754	4119	4288	4360	4360

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