GILA HOT SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293530) GILA HOT SPRINGS
From Year=1915 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 24 62 162 337 566 791 967 914 708 431 132 25 5118
40 S 24 86 248 586 1151 1942 2909 3822 4531 4961 5094 5118 5118
45 M 3 12 61 198 411 641 812 759 558 280 44 2 3780
45 S 3 15 76 273 685 1325 2137 2896 3454 3734 3778 3780 3780
50 M 0 1 12 83 259 491 657 604 408 143 6 0 2664
50 S 0 1 13 96 355 846 1502 2106 2514 2657 2663 2664 2664
55 M 0 0 1 19 123 341 502 449 259 46 0 0 1740
55 S 0 0 1 20 143 484 985 1434 1693 1740 1740 1740 1740
60 M 0 0 0 2 35 196 347 294 123 7 0 0 1004
60 S 0 0 0 2 37 233 579 873 996 1004 1004 1004 1004
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 98 133 224 334 459 533 607 587 484 368 201 101 4129
50 S 98 231 455 789 1248 1781 2388 2975 3459 3827 4028 4129 4129
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