QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297180) QUEMADO
From Year=1915 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 6 14 67 202 435 694 872 797 594 308 57 9 4055
40 S 6 20 86 289 724 1418 2290 3087 3681 3989 4046 4055 4055
45 M 1 1 17 93 286 544 717 642 444 174 13 1 2934
45 S 1 2 19 112 398 943 1659 2302 2746 2920 2933 2934 2934
50 M 0 0 2 27 154 394 562 487 296 70 2 0 1995
50 S 0 0 3 30 184 578 1140 1628 1923 1994 1995 1995 1995
55 M 0 0 0 4 57 249 407 333 157 17 0 0 1224
55 S 0 0 0 4 61 310 717 1049 1207 1223 1224 1224 1224
60 M 0 0 0 0 12 124 253 180 53 1 0 0 623
60 S 0 0 0 0 12 136 389 569 622 623 623 623 623
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 32 53 129 239 380 500 556 514 422 297 128 47 3295
50 S 32 84 214 453 832 1332 1889 2402 2824 3121 3249 3295 3295
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