CORONA 10 SW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292095) CORONA 10 SW
From Year=1992 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 27 46 155 290 581 848 941 895 681 407 134 28 5033
40 S 27 73 228 518 1099 1947 2888 3783 4464 4871 5005 5033 5033
45 M 4 12 73 173 429 698 786 740 532 267 60 5 3778
45 S 4 16 89 262 690 1389 2175 2915 3447 3713 3773 3778 3778
50 M 0 2 25 83 284 548 631 585 384 147 20 0 2710
50 S 0 2 27 110 394 942 1574 2159 2543 2690 2710 2710 2710
55 M 0 0 5 27 159 398 476 430 245 61 2 0 1803
55 S 0 0 5 32 190 589 1065 1495 1740 1801 1803 1803 1803
60 M 0 0 0 5 68 253 322 276 121 15 0 0 1060
60 S 0 0 0 5 72 325 647 924 1045 1060 1060 1060 1060
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 26 41 121 206 370 544 615 579 418 249 96 24 3290
50 S 26 68 189 395 765 1308 1923 2502 2920 3170 3266 3290 3290
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