HOPE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294112) HOPE
From Year=1905 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	149	206	390	603	851	1089	1175	1137	910	674	324	160	7667
40 S	149	355	745	1348	2199	3288	4463	5600	6510	7184	7508	7667	7667
45 M	67	109	256	456	696	939	1020	982	760	521	202	77	6085
45 S	67	177	433	888	1584	2523	3543	4525	5285	5806	6008	6085	6085
50 M	22	45	144	314	542	789	865	827	611	373	105	27	4663
50 S	22	67	211	525	1066	1855	2720	3547	4158	4531	4636	4663	4663
55 M	5	13	65	186	390	639	710	672	463	237	40	6	3426
55 S	5	18	83	269	659	1299	2008	2680	3143	3380	3419	3426	3426
60 M	0	3	21	87	248	489	555	517	319	121	9	1	2369
60 S	0	3	24	110	358	847	1402	1919	2238	2359	2368	2369	2369

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	141	181	296	411	539	678	759	740	587	434	244	146	5156
50 S	141	322	618	1029	1568	2247	3006	3746	4333	4767	5010	5156	5156

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