CONCHAS DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292030) CONCHAS DAM
From Year=1936 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	96	152	318	545	839	1090	1241	1187	938	639	281	110	7437
40 S	96	248	565	1111	1949	3039	4280	5467	6406	7045	7326	7437	7437
45 M	36	74	195	402	684	940	1086	1032	789	488	169	45	5940
45 S	36	110	305	707	1391	2331	3417	4449	5238	5726	5895	5940	5940
50 M	9	26	99	269	530	790	931	877	639	344	82	13	4610
50 S	9	35	134	404	934	1724	2655	3532	4172	4515	4597	4610	4610
55 M	1	6	39	154	381	640	776	722	491	212	27	2	3452
55 S	1	7	46	200	581	1221	1997	2719	3211	3423	3450	3452	3452
60 M	0	1	10	68	242	491	621	567	347	104	5	0	2457
60 S	0	1	10	79	321	811	1432	2000	2347	2451	2457	2457	2457

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	105	139	235	353	529	697	804	776	606	407	208	109	4967
50 S	105	244	479	832	1361	2058	2862	3638	4243	4650	4858	4967	4967

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