HOPE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294112) HOPE
From Year=1919 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 145 208 381 599 856 1080 1171 1132 907 672 321 162 7635
40 S 145 353 735 1333 2189 3269 4440 5572 6479 7151 7473 7635 7635
45 M 65 111 247 451 701 930 1016 977 757 519 199 78 6051
45 S 65 175 423 874 1575 2505 3521 4498 5255 5774 5974 6051 6051
50 M 21 46 136 310 546 780 861 822 608 371 103 27 4630
50 S 21 67 202 512 1058 1838 2700 3521 4129 4501 4603 4630 4630
55 M 4 14 60 182 394 630 706 667 460 235 39 6 3396
55 S 4 18 78 260 654 1284 1990 2657 3117 3352 3390 3396 3396
60 M 0 3 18 83 250 480 551 512 317 119 8 1 2343
60 S 0 3 21 105 355 835 1386 1898 2215 2334 2342 2343 2343
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 138 182 292 409 544 674 756 738 585 432 243 149 5142
50 S 138 320 612 1021 1565 2239 2995 3732 4318 4750 4993 5142 5142
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