PASAMONTE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296619) PASAMONTE
From Year=1914 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	28	49	129	315	575	829	998	938	697	397	115	35	5106
40 S	28	77	206	521	1096	1925	2924	3861	4558	4955	5070	5106	5106
45 M	8	16	58	195	425	679	843	783	548	260	49	10	3873
45 S	8	24	81	277	701	1380	2224	3006	3555	3815	3864	3873	3873
50 M	1	4	18	100	282	530	688	628	403	144	14	2	2813
50 S	1	5	23	123	405	935	1623	2251	2653	2797	2811	2813	2813
55 M	0	0	4	36	158	382	533	473	264	61	2	0	1913
55 S	0	1	4	40	198	580	1113	1586	1850	1911	1913	1913	1913
60 M	0	0	1	8	67	242	379	319	140	16	0	0	1172
60 S	0	0	1	8	75	317	696	1016	1156	1172	1172	1172	1172

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	58	75	144	255	380	519	634	596	443	296	130	66	3597
50 S	58	133	277	532	912	1431	2065	2661	3104	3401	3531	3597	3597

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