ESTANCIA 4N, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293060) ESTANCIA
From Year=1904 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	13	31	116	293	551	797	956	898	662	354	85	15	4771
40 S	13	44	160	453	1004	1802	2757	3655	4317	4671	4757	4771	4771
45 M	2	6	41	166	399	647	801	743	513	213	27	2	3560
45 S	2	8	50	216	614	1261	2062	2805	3318	3531	3558	3560	3560
50 M	0	1	9	69	252	497	646	588	365	99	5	0	2530
50 S	0	1	10	79	332	829	1475	2062	2427	2526	2530	2530	2530
55 M	0	0	1	19	125	348	491	433	222	30	0	0	1669
55 S	0	0	1	20	145	494	985	1417	1639	1668	1669	1669	1669
60 M	0	0	0	2	40	206	336	278	99	5	0	0	966
60 S	0	0	0	2	43	248	584	862	961	966	966	966	966

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	34	62	151	268	410	523	596	570	451	309	132	44	3552
50 S	34	96	247	515	925	1448	2044	2615	3066	3375	3507	3552	3552

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