TUCUMCARI 4 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299156) TUCUMCARI 4 NE
From Year=1904 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	95	142	309	526	810	1063	1207	1154	916	607	259	103	7193
40 S	95	237	546	1072	1882	2945	4153	5307	6223	6830	7089	7193	7193
45 M	39	69	190	384	655	913	1052	999	767	457	151	42	5719
45 S	39	107	297	681	1336	2250	3302	4301	5068	5525	5676	5719	5719
50 M	12	25	98	252	502	764	897	844	618	315	72	13	4412
50 S	12	37	135	387	889	1653	2550	3394	4012	4326	4399	4412	4412
55 M	3	6	38	141	354	614	742	689	470	189	25	3	3275
55 S	3	9	47	189	543	1157	1899	2588	3058	3247	3272	3275	3275
60 M	0	1	11	62	219	465	587	534	328	90	5	0	2302
60 S	0	1	12	74	292	757	1344	1878	2206	2296	2301	2302	2302

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	106	137	242	353	511	675	777	750	588	394	200	108	4842
50 S	106	243	485	839	1350	2025	2802	3552	4140	4534	4734	4842	4842

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