JEMEZ DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294366) JEMEZ DAM
From Year=1953 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	23	60	246	434	771	1030	1206	1117	838	517	167	29	6438
40 S	23	82	328	762	1533	2563	3769	4886	5725	6242	6408	6438	6438
45 M	3	15	133	293	617	880	1051	962	688	366	81	6	5094
45 S	3	18	150	443	1060	1940	2991	3953	4642	5007	5088	5094	5094
50 M	0	2	54	169	464	730	896	807	538	224	25	1	3911
50 S	0	2	56	225	689	1419	2315	3123	3661	3884	3910	3911	3911
55 M	0	0	13	75	317	580	741	652	389	107	4	0	2878
55 S	0	0	13	88	405	985	1727	2379	2768	2875	2878	2878	2878
60 M	0	0	2	20	184	431	586	497	247	35	0	0	2002
60 S	0	0	2	22	206	636	1223	1720	1967	2002	2002	2002	2002

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	36	65	194	298	496	654	775	728	540	338	149	34	4305
50 S	36	101	294	593	1089	1742	2517	3245	3785	4123	4272	4305	4305

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