ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290225) ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS NE
From Year=1991 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 26 74 238 432 731 975 1093 1020 796 462 142 25 6015
40 S 26 100 338 770 1501 2476 3570 4589 5385 5847 5989 6015 6015
45 M 4 23 127 294 577 825 938 865 646 317 63 5 4683
45 S 4 27 154 448 1024 1849 2788 3652 4298 4615 4678 4683 4683
50 M 0 4 51 174 424 675 783 710 496 188 19 0 3525
50 S 0 4 55 229 653 1328 2112 2821 3318 3505 3524 3525 3525
55 M 0 0 12 79 279 525 628 555 350 89 2 0 2520
55 S 0 0 13 92 370 896 1524 2079 2429 2518 2520 2520 2520
60 M 0 0 1 21 151 376 473 400 212 28 0 0 1663
60 S 0 0 1 22 173 550 1023 1423 1634 1663 1663 1663 1663
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 18 52 169 286 464 631 721 676 509 275 86 14 3901
50 S 18 70 239 525 989 1620 2340 3016 3525 3800 3887 3901 3901
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