BANDELIER NM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290743) BANDELIER NATL MONUMENT
From Year=1924 To Year=1976
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 23 106 287 569 814 986 911 680 372 59 4 4817
40 S 4 27 133 421 990 1804 2790 3701 4382 4754 4813 4817 4817
45 M 0 3 34 160 416 664 831 756 531 230 13 0 3640
45 S 0 4 38 198 614 1278 2109 2865 3396 3626 3640 3640 3640
50 M 0 0 6 66 269 514 676 601 382 113 1 0 2627
50 S 0 0 6 72 340 855 1531 2132 2514 2627 2627 2627 2627
55 M 0 0 0 17 139 365 521 446 238 36 0 0 1763
55 S 0 0 0 17 157 522 1042 1489 1726 1763 1763 1763 1763
60 M 0 0 0 2 48 222 366 291 111 5 0 0 1044
60 S 0 0 0 2 50 271 637 929 1039 1044 1044 1044 1044
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 19 53 150 277 435 528 609 576 462 318 109 25 3561
50 S 19 72 222 500 935 1462 2071 2647 3109 3427 3536 3561 3561
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