SAN FIDEL 2 E, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(297827) SAN FIDEL 1 N
From Year=1920 To Year=1976
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 14 38 121 314 597 860 1009 933 697 385 79 19 5066
40 S 14 52 173 487 1085 1945 2954 3886 4583 4968 5047 5066 5066
45 M 2 9 47 183 444 710 854 778 548 241 25 3 3845
45 S 2 12 58 242 686 1396 2250 3028 3575 3816 3842 3845 3845
50 M 0 2 11 83 297 560 699 623 399 120 4 0 2798
50 S 0 2 13 95 392 952 1651 2273 2672 2793 2797 2798 2798
55 M 0 0 2 25 165 410 544 468 254 40 0 0 1907
55 S 0 0 2 26 191 601 1145 1613 1866 1906 1907 1907 1907
60 M 0 0 0 4 65 264 389 313 123 6 0 0 1165
60 S 0 0 0 4 69 333 723 1035 1158 1165 1165 1165 1165
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 29 63 136 266 422 551 641 600 457 296 107 40 3607
50 S 29 92 228 493 915 1466 2107 2707 3164 3460 3567 3607 3607
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