DILIA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292510) DILIA 1 SSE
From Year=1941 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	56	91	211	407	681	940	1078	1019	785	494	189	59	6011
40 S	56	146	357	765	1446	2386	3465	4484	5269	5763	5952	6011	6011
45 M	15	33	106	270	527	790	923	864	635	345	91	17	4617
45 S	15	48	154	423	950	1741	2664	3528	4163	4509	4600	4617	4617
50 M	2	8	38	150	375	640	768	709	486	210	30	3	3420
50 S	2	10	48	199	574	1214	1982	2691	3178	3387	3417	3420	3420
55 M	0	1	9	63	232	490	613	554	339	99	5	0	2406
55 S	0	1	10	73	305	795	1409	1963	2302	2401	2406	2406	2406
60 M	0	0	1	16	112	342	458	399	201	31	0	0	1561
60 S	0	0	1	17	129	471	929	1329	1530	1561	1561	1561	1561

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	80	112	202	314	456	585	682	651	505	352	175	83	4199
50 S	80	193	395	708	1165	1749	2432	3083	3588	3940	4116	4199	4199

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