MOSQUERO 1, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(295931) MOSQUERO 1
From Year=1915 To Year=1943
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 4 -99 39 362 -99 760 -99 -99 -99 467 163 43 -99
40 S 4 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
45 M 0 -99 1 232 -99 610 -99 -99 -99 337 82 8 -99
45 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
50 M 0 -99 0 135 -99 460 -99 -99 -99 223 34 0 -99
50 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
55 M 0 -99 0 56 -99 310 -99 -99 -99 114 12 0 -99
55 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
60 M 0 -99 0 19 -99 166 -99 -99 -99 34 1 0 -99
60 S 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 -99 25 233 -99 451 -99 -99 -99 288 125 41 -99
50 S 4 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
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