EL VADO DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292837) EL VADO DAM
From Year=1906 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 4 35 142 367 618 839 778 518 226 26 1 3555
40 S 1 4 40 182 549 1167 2007 2784 3302 3528 3554 3555 3555
45 M 0 0 8 58 226 468 684 623 370 109 5 0 2551
45 S 0 1 8 66 292 760 1444 2067 2437 2546 2551 2551 2551
50 M 0 0 1 14 110 320 529 468 228 35 1 0 1706
50 S 0 0 1 16 126 446 975 1443 1671 1706 1706 1706 1706
55 M 0 0 0 2 35 184 375 313 106 6 0 0 1021
55 S 0 0 0 2 37 220 595 908 1014 1021 1021 1021 1021
60 M 0 0 0 0 6 77 221 165 32 1 0 0 502
60 S 0 0 0 0 6 83 304 469 501 502 502 502 502
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 17 70 170 316 457 546 514 394 248 76 13 2827
50 S 6 23 93 263 579 1036 1582 2096 2490 2738 2814 2827 2827
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