CERRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(291630) CERRO
From Year=1910 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 1 3 34 153 386 639 798 747 533 237 27 1 3560
40 S 1 4 38 191 577 1217 2015 2762 3296 3532 3559 3560 3560
45 M 0 0 6 64 242 489 643 592 385 118 4 0 2544
45 S 0 0 7 71 313 802 1445 2038 2422 2540 2544 2544 2544
50 M 0 0 1 16 122 341 488 437 241 39 0 0 1685
50 S 0 0 1 16 138 479 967 1405 1646 1685 1685 1685 1685
55 M 0 0 0 2 42 203 334 283 115 7 0 0 985
55 S 0 0 0 2 44 247 580 863 978 985 985 985 985
60 M 0 0 0 0 9 90 182 135 33 0 0 0 450
60 S 0 0 0 0 9 99 281 416 449 450 450 450 450
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 10 54 158 293 433 511 480 368 217 57 6 2592
50 S 4 14 68 227 520 952 1463 1944 2311 2529 2585 2592 2592
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