HOOD RANGER STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294101) HOOD RANGER STN
From Year=1906 To Year=1954
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 26 44 124 309 504 764 978 927 733 416 117 25 4968
40 S 26 70 195 503 1008 1772 2750 3677 4411 4827 4943 4968 4968
45 M 2 7 46 171 355 614 823 772 583 268 32 3 3677
45 S 2 9 55 226 581 1195 2018 2791 3374 3642 3674 3677 3677
50 M 0 1 13 68 216 464 668 617 433 140 4 0 2624
50 S 0 1 14 82 298 762 1430 2047 2481 2620 2624 2624 2624
55 M 0 0 3 14 98 315 513 462 284 45 0 0 1734
55 S 0 0 3 16 115 430 943 1405 1690 1734 1734 1734 1734
60 M 0 0 0 2 29 179 358 307 145 4 0 0 1024
60 S 0 0 0 2 31 210 568 875 1020 1024 1024 1024 1024
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 81 106 188 317 440 530 602 591 516 402 224 84 4079
50 S 81 187 374 692 1131 1661 2262 2854 3369 3771 3995 4079 4079
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