OCATE 2 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296275) OCATE 1 N
From Year=1960 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	13	18	60	177	406	631	778	722	516	248	62	15	3644
40 S	13	30	90	267	673	1304	2083	2804	3320	3568	3630	3644	3644
45 M	2	4	17	78	260	481	623	567	367	126	17	3	2547
45 S	2	6	23	101	362	843	1466	2033	2400	2527	2544	2547	2547
50 M	0	0	3	21	134	333	468	412	224	44	3	0	1643
50 S	0	1	4	25	159	492	960	1372	1596	1640	1643	1643	1643
55 M	0	0	0	3	48	191	313	257	100	8	0	0	921
55 S	0	0	0	3	51	241	555	812	912	920	921	921	921
60 M	0	0	0	0	10	76	161	112	23	1	0	0	383
60 S	0	0	0	0	10	86	247	360	383	383	383	383	383

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	31	38	92	179	308	427	497	458	355	231	94	35	2745
50 S	31	69	160	339	647	1074	1571	2030	2385	2616	2710	2745	2745

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