PENISTAJA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296723) PENISTAJA
From Year=1943 To Year=1955
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	20	16	262	304	657	956	827	638	348	108	0	4138
40 S	1	20	36	298	603	1260	2216	3043	3681	4029	4138	4138	4138
45 M	0	1	3	149	161	507	801	672	488	207	47	0	3036
45 S	0	1	4	153	314	821	1622	2295	2783	2989	3036	3036	3036
50 M	0	0	0	66	55	360	646	517	338	95	11	0	2088
50 S	0	0	0	66	121	481	1128	1645	1983	2077	2088	2088	2088
55 M	0	0	0	21	8	221	491	362	195	21	1	0	1320
55 S	0	0	0	21	29	250	742	1104	1299	1320	1320	1320	1320
60 M	0	0	0	0	1	106	336	208	92	3	0	0	745
60 S	0	0	0	0	1	107	443	651	743	745	745	745	745

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	5	35	41	208	247	479	607	539	448	304	133	6	3052
50 S	5	40	81	289	537	1015	1622	2162	2609	2913	3046	3052	3052

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