ZUNI, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299897) ZUNI
From Year=1949 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 11 32 106 262 519 775 978 918 699 394 96 15 4806
40 S 11 43 148 411 930 1705 2683 3601 4300 4695 4790 4806 4806
45 M 1 6 35 140 368 625 823 763 549 253 30 2 3595
45 S 1 7 42 182 550 1175 1998 2760 3310 3563 3593 3595 3595
50 M 0 0 6 54 225 475 668 608 400 131 4 0 2572
50 S 0 0 7 60 286 761 1429 2037 2436 2567 2571 2572 2572
55 M 0 0 0 11 108 327 513 453 254 46 0 0 1711
55 S 0 0 0 11 119 445 958 1411 1666 1711 1711 1711 1711
60 M 0 0 0 1 33 188 358 298 123 8 0 0 1010
60 S 0 0 0 1 34 222 580 878 1001 1009 1010 1010 1010
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 34 61 137 246 392 515 617 586 465 314 127 44 3539
50 S 34 95 232 478 870 1385 2003 2589 3054 3368 3495 3539 3539
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