BERNARDO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(290915) BERNARDO
From Year=1933 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	38	100	270	463	763	971	1155	1084	832	513	175	44	6409
40 S	38	138	408	871	1635	2606	3761	4845	5677	6189	6364	6409	6409
45 M	12	40	154	321	609	821	1000	929	682	364	83	15	5029
45 S	12	52	206	527	1136	1957	2957	3886	4567	4931	5014	5029	5029
50 M	2	12	68	195	457	671	845	774	533	227	27	3	3813
50 S	2	14	82	276	733	1404	2249	3023	3556	3782	3810	3813	3813
55 M	0	2	21	95	311	521	690	619	385	114	6	0	2764
55 S	0	2	23	118	429	950	1640	2259	2644	2758	2764	2764	2764
60 M	0	0	4	34	180	373	535	464	243	40	1	0	1873
60 S	0	0	4	37	217	591	1126	1590	1833	1873	1873	1873	1873

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	76	135	266	379	526	591	705	679	541	398	194	72	4561
50 S	76	210	477	856	1381	1972	2677	3356	3897	4295	4489	4561	4561

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