GALLUP FAA AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293422) GALLUP FAA AP
From Year=1921 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 3 12 68 216 481 746 950 892 645 304 50 3 4370
40 S 3 15 83 299 779 1525 2476 3367 4012 4317 4367 4370 4370
45 M 0 1 18 109 330 596 795 737 495 173 12 0 3267
45 S 0 1 19 128 458 1054 1849 2586 3081 3254 3267 3267 3267
50 M 0 0 3 37 193 446 640 582 347 72 2 0 2323
50 S 0 0 3 41 234 680 1321 1902 2249 2321 2323 2323 2323
55 M 0 0 0 6 85 299 485 427 206 17 0 0 1526
55 S 0 0 0 6 91 390 876 1302 1509 1526 1526 1526 1526
60 M 0 0 0 0 23 166 330 272 90 2 0 0 883
60 S 0 0 0 0 23 189 519 791 881 883 883 883 883
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 22 46 118 227 373 509 608 575 441 279 97 28 3324
50 S 22 68 186 413 787 1296 1904 2478 2919 3198 3296 3324 3324
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