HATCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(293855) HATCH 2 W
From Year=1894 To Year=2008
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	178	382	583	851	1083	1211	1152	929	620	277	98	7472
40 S	108	286	667	1250	2101	3185	4396	5548	6477	7097	7374	7472	7472
45 M	37	82	241	434	696	933	1056	997	779	466	152	30	5903
45 S	37	118	359	793	1489	2423	3479	4476	5255	5721	5873	5903	5903
50 M	9	26	124	289	541	783	901	842	629	316	61	5	4528
50 S	9	35	159	448	990	1773	2674	3517	4146	4462	4522	4528	4528
55 M	1	4	48	161	388	633	746	687	480	180	14	1	3343
55 S	1	6	54	214	603	1236	1982	2669	3149	3329	3343	3343	3343
60 M	0	0	11	64	241	483	591	532	331	76	2	0	2333
60 S	0	0	12	76	317	801	1392	1924	2255	2331	2333	2333	2333

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	150	197	318	423	554	651	760	734	595	449	269	149	5248
50 S	150	346	664	1088	1641	2292	3052	3786	4381	4829	5099	5248	5248

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