PASTURA 6 SSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296630) PASTURA 6 SSE
From Year=1909 To Year=1956
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 60 96 194 476 711 974 1124 1050 841 526 192 58 6303
40 S 60 156 349 825 1537 2511 3635 4685 5526 6053 6245 6303 6303
45 M 18 34 93 334 557 824 969 895 691 377 94 22 4909
45 S 18 51 144 478 1035 1860 2829 3724 4416 4793 4887 4909 4909
50 M 3 7 32 203 405 674 814 740 543 238 33 6 3700
50 S 3 11 42 246 651 1325 2139 2880 3423 3661 3694 3700 3700
55 M 0 1 7 101 260 525 659 586 396 126 7 1 2667
55 S 0 1 8 108 368 893 1552 2138 2534 2660 2666 2667 2667
60 M 0 0 1 33 134 377 504 431 255 49 0 0 1784
60 S 0 0 1 34 168 544 1049 1480 1734 1784 1784 1784 1784
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 65 112 190 353 466 604 718 678 544 369 172 67 4338
50 S 65 178 368 721 1187 1791 2509 3186 3730 4099 4271 4338 4338
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