MAGDALENA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295353) MAGDALENA
From Year=1914 To Year=1993
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 54 150 348 618 876 981 913 717 438 141 37 5297
40 S 24 78 228 576 1194 2071 3051 3964 4681 5119 5260 5297 5297
45 M 5 15 63 214 464 726 826 758 567 290 58 7 3993
45 S 5 20 83 297 761 1487 2313 3070 3637 3928 3986 3993 3993
50 M 0 2 18 104 314 576 671 603 418 160 14 0 2882
50 S 0 2 21 125 439 1016 1686 2289 2707 2867 2882 2882 2882
55 M 0 0 3 35 178 427 516 448 272 66 2 0 1946
55 S 0 0 3 39 217 643 1159 1607 1879 1945 1946 1946 1946
60 M 0 0 0 7 75 280 361 293 141 15 0 0 1173
60 S 0 0 0 7 82 363 724 1017 1158 1173 1173 1173 1173
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 37 68 148 265 416 565 635 591 457 314 144 56 3698
50 S 37 106 253 519 934 1499 2135 2726 3183 3497 3642 3698 3698
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