PASAMONTE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296619) PASAMONTE
From Year=1910 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	28	47	133	315	574	834	999	938	697	397	117	34	5113
40 S	28	75	208	523	1097	1930	2930	3868	4565	4962	5079	5113	5113
45 M	8	15	61	194	424	684	844	783	548	260	51	9	3881
45 S	8	23	84	278	702	1385	2230	3013	3561	3821	3872	3881	3881
50 M	1	3	20	99	282	534	689	628	403	143	14	2	2820
50 S	1	4	25	124	406	940	1629	2257	2660	2804	2818	2820	2820
55 M	0	0	4	36	158	387	534	473	264	60	2	0	1919
55 S	0	0	5	41	199	585	1119	1593	1856	1917	1919	1919	1919
60 M	0	0	1	8	67	246	380	320	140	15	0	0	1177
60 S	0	0	1	8	76	321	701	1021	1161	1177	1177	1177	1177

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	57	74	147	256	379	522	636	597	443	296	132	63	3603
50 S	57	131	278	533	912	1435	2070	2668	3111	3407	3539	3603	3603

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