MESA SVC STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295651) MESA SERVICE STN
From Year=1938 To Year=1953
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 109 148 256 515 790 1070 1194 1176 885 591 227 114 7075
40 S 109 257 513 1028 1818 2888 4082 5258 6143 6733 6960 7075 7075
45 M 48 65 137 372 635 920 1039 1021 735 437 121 45 5575
45 S 48 113 250 622 1257 2177 3215 4236 4972 5408 5530 5575 5575
50 M 15 21 53 236 480 770 884 866 586 287 49 11 4257
50 S 15 35 88 324 804 1574 2458 3324 3910 4197 4246 4257 4257
55 M 4 3 13 118 327 620 729 711 437 156 13 2 3132
55 S 4 6 19 137 465 1085 1813 2524 2961 3118 3130 3132 3132
60 M 0 0 2 42 186 470 574 556 294 64 1 0 2189
60 S 0 0 2 44 230 700 1274 1830 2124 2188 2189 2189 2189
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 117 162 244 386 514 654 739 731 563 402 210 127 4847
50 S 117 279 524 909 1423 2076 2815 3546 4109 4511 4720 4847 4847
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