OTTO FAA AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296492) OTTO FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1909 To Year=1954
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 9 24 86 258 508 786 940 887 652 327 60 9 4544
40 S 9 33 118 376 884 1670 2610 3497 4149 4475 4535 4544 4544
45 M 1 4 27 137 358 636 785 732 502 192 13 1 3389
45 S 1 5 32 169 527 1163 1948 2680 3182 3374 3387 3389 3389
50 M 0 0 4 51 217 486 630 577 354 90 1 0 2410
50 S 0 0 5 56 272 758 1389 1965 2319 2409 2410 2410 2410
55 M 0 0 0 11 101 338 475 422 211 28 0 0 1586
55 S 0 0 0 12 112 450 925 1347 1558 1586 1586 1586 1586
60 M 0 0 0 1 30 199 321 267 88 5 0 0 911
60 S 0 0 0 1 31 230 551 818 906 911 911 911 911
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 50 121 238 378 521 596 564 443 285 117 32 3369
50 S 25 75 196 434 812 1333 1929 2493 2936 3221 3337 3369 3369
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