SANTA FE CO MUNI AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298078) SANTA FE CAA AIRPORT
From Year=1924 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 8 30 93 298 555 833 998 942 718 414 72 9 4971
40 S 8 38 131 429 985 1817 2816 3758 4476 4890 4962 4971 4971
45 M 0 4 30 173 405 683 843 787 569 270 19 1 3784
45 S 0 5 34 208 613 1296 2139 2926 3495 3765 3784 3784 3784
50 M 0 0 7 77 262 533 688 632 420 148 1 0 2768
50 S 0 0 7 84 346 879 1567 2199 2619 2766 2768 2768 2768
55 M 0 0 1 22 137 384 533 477 274 58 0 0 1887
55 S 0 0 1 22 160 544 1077 1554 1828 1887 1887 1887 1887
60 M 0 0 0 3 52 242 378 322 139 12 0 0 1148
60 S 0 0 0 3 55 296 675 997 1136 1148 1148 1148 1148
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 13 40 97 224 356 530 652 614 451 278 81 16 3352
50 S 13 53 151 374 730 1260 1912 2526 2978 3255 3336 3352 3352
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