TINNIE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(296803) TINNIE
From Year=1951 To Year=1978
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	140	165	309	520	756	973	1075	1027	823	572	269	142	6773
40 S	140	305	615	1134	1891	2864	3939	4967	5790	6362	6631	6773	6773
45 M	59	77	184	372	601	823	920	872	674	420	148	61	5211
45 S	59	136	319	692	1293	2116	3037	3909	4582	5003	5150	5211	5211
50 M	18	26	86	232	447	673	765	717	524	274	60	17	3839
50 S	18	44	129	362	809	1482	2248	2965	3489	3763	3822	3839	3839
55 M	3	6	28	115	298	523	610	562	376	145	12	3	2681
55 S	3	9	37	152	450	973	1583	2146	2521	2667	2679	2681	2681
60 M	0	1	5	38	161	374	455	407	233	54	1	0	1729
60 S	0	2	7	44	205	579	1034	1441	1674	1727	1729	1729	1729

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	147	162	259	378	498	612	694	668	524	393	226	148	4709
50 S	147	309	568	946	1444	2055	2749	3418	3942	4334	4561	4709	4709

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