RAMON 8 SW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297254) RAMON 8 SW
From Year=1957 To Year=2009
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 63 101 235 432 712 954 1070 1027 791 510 197 74 6167
40 S 63 164 399 832 1543 2498 3568 4595 5385 5895 6092 6167 6167
45 M 19 41 126 293 557 804 915 872 641 362 102 27 4758
45 S 19 60 186 479 1035 1840 2755 3627 4268 4630 4732 4758 4758
50 M 3 12 51 169 404 654 760 717 492 225 40 7 3534
50 S 3 15 66 236 639 1294 2054 2771 3263 3488 3527 3534 3534
55 M 0 2 14 75 259 504 605 562 345 111 10 1 2488
55 S 0 2 16 91 350 854 1460 2021 2366 2477 2487 2488 2488
60 M 0 0 2 22 133 355 450 407 205 36 1 0 1613
60 S 0 0 2 24 158 513 964 1370 1575 1612 1613 1613 1613
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 85 121 218 330 466 592 684 662 505 353 174 93 4283
50 S 85 206 425 755 1221 1813 2497 3159 3664 4016 4191 4283 4283
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