QUEMADO LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297191) QUEMADO LAKE
From Year=1986 To Year=1993
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	9	35	154	327	587	723	656	484	263	35	1	3275
40 S	1	10	44	198	526	1113	1836	2492	2976	3239	3274	3275	3275
45 M	0	0	6	56	182	437	568	501	334	125	5	0	2214
45 S	0	0	6	62	244	681	1250	1750	2085	2209	2214	2214	2214
50 M	0	0	0	12	69	291	413	346	187	32	0	0	1349
50 S	0	0	0	12	80	371	784	1130	1317	1349	1349	1349	1349
55 M	0	0	0	1	13	153	258	191	61	0	0	0	678
55 S	0	0	0	1	14	168	426	617	678	678	678	678	678
60 M	0	0	0	0	0	60	107	55	5	0	0	0	227
60 S	0	0	0	0	0	60	167	222	227	227	227	227	227

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	10	34	81	206	299	446	475	414	359	258	80	21	2682
50 S	10	44	125	331	629	1075	1550	1964	2323	2581	2661	2682	2682

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