HACHITA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293775) HACHITA
From Year=1909 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 108 185 351 564 837 1084 1205 1145 948 656 293 117 7492
40 S 108 293 644 1208 2045 3130 4334 5479 6427 7083 7376 7492 7492
45 M 33 84 210 416 682 934 1050 990 798 501 168 38 5905
45 S 33 118 328 743 1426 2360 3410 4400 5198 5699 5867 5905 5905
50 M 5 26 97 274 528 784 895 835 648 350 73 6 4520
50 S 5 31 128 401 929 1714 2608 3443 4091 4441 4514 4520 4520
55 M 0 4 30 149 375 634 740 680 498 209 20 1 3340
55 S 0 5 35 184 559 1194 1933 2613 3111 3320 3340 3340 3340
60 M 0 0 5 59 231 484 585 525 349 93 3 0 2334
60 S 0 0 5 64 294 779 1363 1888 2238 2331 2334 2334 2334
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 125 177 292 413 548 657 764 742 609 438 243 130 5139
50 S 125 303 594 1007 1556 2213 2977 3719 4327 4766 5009 5139 5139
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