TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299113) TRUCHAS
From Year=1914 To Year=1962
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	15	24	141	349	649	774	718	565	278	54	10	3578
40 S	1	16	40	181	531	1180	1954	2672	3236	3514	3568	3578	3578
45 M	0	3	4	57	209	499	619	563	416	150	13	1	2533
45 S	0	3	7	64	272	771	1390	1953	2369	2519	2532	2533	2533
50 M	0	0	0	16	93	351	464	408	270	58	1	0	1662
50 S	0	0	0	17	110	460	924	1332	1602	1660	1662	1662	1662
55 M	0	0	0	3	28	211	309	255	137	13	0	0	957
55 S	0	0	0	3	31	242	551	806	944	957	957	957	957
60 M	0	0	0	0	6	95	159	112	41	1	0	0	414
60 S	0	0	0	0	6	101	260	372	413	414	414	414	414

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	8	23	55	148	264	423	490	454	368	211	70	20	2534
50 S	8	31	86	234	498	921	1411	1865	2233	2444	2514	2534	2534

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