OROGRANDE 1 N, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296435) OROGRANDE 1 N
From Year=1914 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 134 216 408 636 915 1160 1263 1192 984 699 322 134 8062
40 S 134 350 758 1393 2308 3468 4731 5923 6907 7607 7928 8062 8062
45 M 52 112 265 487 760 1010 1108 1037 834 546 195 53 6460
45 S 52 165 430 918 1677 2687 3795 4832 5666 6212 6407 6460 6460
50 M 14 43 146 343 605 860 953 882 684 395 93 13 5031
50 S 14 57 203 546 1150 2010 2963 3845 4529 4924 5017 5031 5031
55 M 2 11 60 211 451 710 798 727 535 251 30 1 3786
55 S 2 12 73 283 734 1444 2242 2969 3504 3755 3785 3786 3786
60 M 0 1 16 102 301 560 643 572 386 128 5 0 2714
60 S 0 1 17 119 420 979 1623 2194 2580 2709 2714 2714 2714
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 136 185 306 429 582 711 800 768 633 461 250 138 5399
50 S 136 322 627 1057 1639 2350 3150 3918 4550 5011 5261 5399 5399
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