ACOMITA AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290074) ACOMITA CAA AP
From Year=1941 To Year=1953
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 23 29 94 312 602 839 1002 915 739 428 76 19 5076
40 S 23 51 145 457 1060 1899 2900 3815 4554 4981 5058 5076 5076
45 M 1 3 30 181 449 689 847 760 589 280 24 2 3854
45 S 1 4 34 215 664 1354 2200 2960 3549 3828 3852 3854 3854
50 M 0 0 6 81 302 539 692 605 439 155 4 0 2822
50 S 0 0 7 88 389 928 1620 2224 2663 2818 2822 2822 2822
55 M 0 0 1 22 169 390 537 450 290 62 0 0 1920
55 S 0 0 1 22 191 581 1118 1568 1858 1919 1920 1920 1920
60 M 0 0 0 3 73 249 382 295 152 12 0 0 1165
60 S 0 0 0 3 76 325 706 1001 1153 1165 1165 1165 1165
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 33 44 92 228 385 537 660 592 463 297 93 31 3456
50 S 33 77 169 397 783 1320 1980 2572 3035 3332 3425 3456 3456
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 Oct 31, 2012
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