ALBUQUERQUE VLY, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290231) ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY
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	27	82	265	463	757	990	1165	1109	845	507	154	25	6390
40 S	27	110	375	838	1595	2585	3750	4859	5704	6210	6365	6390	6390
45 M	5	25	142	318	602	840	1010	954	695	356	65	5	5018
45 S	5	30	173	491	1093	1933	2943	3897	4591	4948	5013	5018	5018
50 M	1	4	56	190	449	690	855	799	545	217	17	1	3823
50 S	1	5	61	251	699	1389	2244	3043	3588	3805	3822	3823	3823
55 M	0	0	14	87	299	540	700	644	395	103	2	0	2785
55 S	0	0	14	102	401	941	1641	2285	2680	2783	2785	2785	2785
60 M	0	0	2	24	163	390	545	489	251	32	1	0	1897
60 S	0	0	2	26	189	579	1124	1613	1864	1896	1897	1897	1897

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	60	106	236	333	492	618	747	725	546	352	155	48	4417
50 S	60	166	401	734	1226	1844	2591	3315	3861	4213	4368	4417	4417

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