EL MORRO CAA AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292780) EL MORRO CAA AIRPORT
From Year=1940 To Year=1949
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 1 24 150 423 609 830 800 597 247 16 0 3699
40 S 2 3 27 178 600 1209 2039 2839 3436 3683 3699 3699 3699
45 M 0 0 2 59 269 459 675 645 447 126 2 0 2682
45 S 0 0 2 60 329 788 1463 2108 2555 2680 2682 2682 2682
50 M 0 0 0 16 137 311 520 490 297 43 0 0 1813
50 S 0 0 0 16 153 464 984 1474 1771 1813 1813 1813 1813
55 M 0 0 0 2 40 168 365 335 154 6 0 0 1069
55 S 0 0 0 2 41 209 574 909 1063 1069 1069 1069 1069
60 M 0 0 0 0 2 53 210 186 51 0 0 0 502
60 S 0 0 0 0 2 55 265 451 502 502 502 502 502
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 15 80 194 360 446 540 513 412 232 59 16 2877
50 S 12 27 107 301 661 1106 1646 2158 2570 2802 2861 2877 2877
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