GILA HOT SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293530) GILA HOT SPRINGS
From Year=1915 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 24 63 161 333 567 787 965 909 709 431 134 25 5107
40 S 24 88 248 581 1148 1934 2899 3808 4517 4948 5082 5107 5107
45 M 3 13 60 194 412 637 810 754 559 280 45 2 3767
45 S 3 15 75 269 681 1317 2127 2881 3440 3721 3765 3767 3767
50 M 0 1 12 80 260 487 655 599 409 143 7 0 2652
50 S 0 1 13 93 353 839 1494 2093 2502 2645 2652 2652 2652
55 M 0 0 1 18 123 337 500 444 260 46 0 0 1729
55 S 0 0 1 19 142 479 979 1423 1683 1729 1729 1729 1729
60 M 0 0 0 2 35 192 345 289 124 7 0 0 994
60 S 0 0 0 2 37 229 574 863 987 994 994 994 994
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 98 133 221 331 458 532 605 584 484 368 201 100 4116
50 S 98 231 452 783 1242 1774 2379 2963 3447 3815 4016 4116 4116
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