TIJERAS RANGER STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298018) TIJERAS RANGER STN
From Year=1962 To Year=1974
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	21	105	242	541	758	966	867	637	331	68	9	4558
40 S	14	35	140	382	923	1680	2647	3514	4151	4482	4550	4558	4558
45 M	4	4	37	120	389	608	811	712	487	191	15	1	3378
45 S	4	7	44	164	552	1160	1971	2684	3171	3362	3377	3378	3378
50 M	0	0	8	38	243	458	656	557	339	83	3	0	2385
50 S	0	1	8	46	289	747	1403	1961	2299	2383	2385	2385	2385
55 M	0	0	1	8	121	309	501	402	198	22	0	0	1563
55 S	0	0	1	9	130	439	940	1342	1540	1563	1563	1563	1563
60 M	0	0	0	1	41	174	346	248	80	3	0	0	893
60 S	0	0	0	1	41	215	562	810	889	893	893	893	893

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	18	42	132	238	414	510	613	560	432	291	99	18	3365
50 S	18	60	191	429	843	1353	1966	2526	2958	3248	3348	3365	3365

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