HONDO 1 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294089) HONDO 1 SE
From Year=1908 To Year=1951
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 149 152 343 538 825 1063 1197 1132 894 592 302 86 7271
40 S 149 301 644 1181 2006 3069 4266 5398 6292 6884 7186 7271 7271
45 M 77 72 219 392 671 913 1042 977 744 439 180 35 5762
45 S 77 149 368 760 1431 2344 3387 4363 5107 5546 5727 5762 5762
50 M 35 26 118 256 519 763 887 822 594 295 86 12 4414
50 S 35 61 180 436 954 1718 2605 3426 4021 4316 4402 4414 4414
55 M 13 6 51 138 371 613 732 667 446 170 30 3 3240
55 S 13 18 69 208 578 1192 1924 2590 3036 3207 3237 3240 3240
60 M 2 0 16 55 232 464 577 512 302 76 7 0 2243
60 S 2 2 18 73 305 769 1346 1857 2160 2236 2242 2243 2243
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 163 176 290 390 528 662 759 737 578 414 265 99 5061
50 S 163 339 629 1019 1547 2210 2969 3705 4284 4698 4962 5061 5061
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