SANTA FE 2, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298085) SANTA FE 2
From Year=1972 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 5 25 112 284 540 818 958 897 669 371 85 8 4772
40 S 5 30 142 427 966 1784 2742 3639 4309 4679 4765 4772 4772
45 M 1 5 39 164 388 668 803 742 519 232 30 1 3593
45 S 1 6 45 209 598 1265 2068 2811 3330 3562 3592 3593 3593
50 M 0 1 8 72 246 518 648 587 371 116 5 0 2573
50 S 0 1 9 81 327 845 1493 2080 2452 2568 2573 2573 2573
55 M 0 0 1 20 125 369 493 433 230 39 0 0 1709
55 S 0 0 1 20 146 514 1008 1440 1670 1709 1709 1709 1709
60 M 0 0 0 3 45 226 338 278 109 7 0 0 1006
60 S 0 0 0 3 48 274 612 890 999 1006 1006 1006 1006
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 14 37 116 224 361 526 618 575 426 263 88 16 3261
50 S 14 51 166 390 751 1276 1894 2469 2895 3158 3245 3261 3261
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