PEDERNAL 9 E, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296687) PEDERNAL 4 E
From Year=1929 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 15 38 128 291 561 828 973 910 683 384 110 20 4940
40 S 15 53 181 472 1032 1861 2833 3743 4426 4810 4920 4940 4940
45 M 2 9 54 170 409 678 818 755 534 246 42 3 3720
45 S 2 12 65 235 644 1323 2140 2895 3429 3675 3717 3720 3720
50 M 0 1 15 77 266 528 663 600 387 128 9 0 2673
50 S 0 1 16 93 359 887 1550 2150 2536 2665 2673 2673 2673
55 M 0 0 2 23 142 380 508 445 246 48 0 0 1793
55 S 0 0 2 25 167 546 1054 1499 1745 1793 1793 1793 1793
60 M 0 0 0 3 54 237 353 291 122 9 0 0 1070
60 S 0 0 0 4 58 295 648 939 1061 1070 1070 1070 1070
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 28 56 141 250 391 525 615 577 439 287 118 36 3465
50 S 28 84 225 475 866 1391 2007 2584 3023 3311 3429 3465 3465
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