AMISTAD 5 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290377) AMISTAD 3 ESE
From Year=1925 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	55	89	219	437	722	985	1145	1086	826	521	193	65	6344
40 S	55	144	364	801	1523	2507	3653	4739	5564	6085	6278	6344	6344
45 M	18	36	120	301	568	835	990	931	676	375	102	23	4975
45 S	18	55	174	475	1043	1878	2868	3799	4475	4850	4952	4975	4975
50 M	4	10	53	181	417	685	835	776	528	241	42	5	3777
50 S	4	14	67	249	666	1350	2185	2961	3489	3730	3772	3777	3777
55 M	0	2	18	89	274	535	680	621	382	130	10	1	2742
55 S	0	2	20	108	382	917	1597	2218	2600	2731	2741	2742	2742
60 M	0	0	4	31	152	387	525	466	245	55	2	0	1867
60 S	0	0	4	35	187	573	1099	1565	1810	1865	1866	1867	1867

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	81	107	203	321	460	620	735	702	526	358	174	85	4372
50 S	81	188	392	712	1172	1792	2527	3229	3755	4113	4287	4372	4372

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