ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293031) ESPANOLA
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 6 31 140 340 619 871 1039 965 715 397 83 6 5211
40 S 6 36 176 517 1135 2006 3045 4010 4724 5121 5205 5211 5211
45 M 1 5 52 207 464 721 884 810 565 254 25 1 3988
45 S 1 6 58 265 730 1450 2334 3144 3709 3963 3988 3988 3988
50 M 0 0 12 98 314 571 729 655 415 130 5 0 2929
50 S 0 0 13 111 424 995 1724 2379 2794 2924 2929 2929 2929
55 M 0 0 2 31 175 421 574 500 268 44 0 0 2015
55 S 0 0 2 32 207 628 1202 1702 1970 2015 2015 2015 2015
60 M 0 0 0 5 69 274 419 345 138 7 0 0 1256
60 S 0 0 0 6 74 348 767 1112 1249 1256 1256 1256 1256
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 68 171 289 438 553 653 616 476 333 136 33 3794
50 S 29 97 268 557 995 1548 2201 2817 3293 3625 3761 3794 3794
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