QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297180) QUEMADO
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	6	14	66	200	434	688	866	793	595	309	57	9	4036
40 S	6	20	86	286	719	1408	2274	3067	3662	3971	4027	4036	4036
45 M	1	1	17	92	285	538	711	638	445	174	13	1	2916
45 S	1	2	18	111	395	934	1645	2283	2728	2902	2916	2916	2916
50 M	0	0	2	28	152	389	556	483	297	69	1	0	1979
50 S	0	0	3	30	183	571	1128	1611	1908	1977	1979	1979	1979
55 M	0	0	0	4	57	244	402	328	158	16	0	0	1208
55 S	0	0	0	4	60	304	706	1034	1192	1208	1208	1208	1208
60 M	0	0	0	0	12	120	248	176	52	1	0	0	609
60 S	0	0	0	0	12	132	380	556	608	609	609	609	609

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	33	53	126	236	379	498	553	511	423	299	128	48	3287
50 S	33	86	213	449	827	1325	1878	2389	2812	3111	3239	3287	3287

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