SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298387) SOCORRO
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 48 126 300 531 796 1028 1174 1103 867 564 186 48 6772
40 S 48 173 473 1005 1801 2829 4002 5106 5973 6537 6723 6772 6772
45 M 13 49 170 384 641 878 1019 948 717 412 86 12 5328
45 S 13 61 231 615 1256 2134 3153 4101 4819 5230 5316 5328 5328
50 M 2 12 73 244 487 728 864 793 568 265 27 2 4065
50 S 2 15 87 332 818 1546 2410 3203 3771 4036 4063 4065 4065
55 M 0 2 20 125 335 578 709 638 418 138 5 0 2968
55 S 0 2 22 148 482 1060 1769 2407 2826 2963 2968 2968 2968
60 M 0 0 3 45 194 428 554 483 272 50 0 0 2029
60 S 0 0 3 48 242 670 1223 1707 1979 2029 2029 2029 2029
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 75 143 264 388 525 632 740 709 560 401 184 73 4694
50 S 75 218 482 871 1396 2027 2767 3476 4036 4437 4621 4694 4694
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