DILIA 1 SSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292510) DILIA 1 SSE
From Year=1947 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 57 90 203 399 677 935 1076 1011 783 492 186 60 5969
40 S 57 147 350 749 1426 2361 3438 4449 5232 5723 5910 5969 5969
45 M 15 33 100 262 522 785 921 856 633 343 89 18 4578
45 S 15 48 148 410 933 1718 2639 3495 4128 4472 4561 4578 4578
50 M 2 7 35 145 371 635 766 701 484 208 29 3 3387
50 S 2 10 44 189 560 1195 1961 2663 3146 3355 3384 3387 3387
55 M 0 0 8 59 228 485 611 546 337 99 5 0 2379
55 S 0 1 8 67 295 781 1392 1938 2275 2374 2379 2379 2379
60 M 0 0 1 14 109 337 456 391 199 31 0 0 1540
60 S 0 0 1 15 124 461 918 1309 1508 1540 1540 1540 1540
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 80 112 194 307 454 582 681 647 504 351 171 86 4167
50 S 80 192 386 693 1146 1728 2409 3056 3560 3910 4081 4167 4167
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