SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298107) SANTA ROSA
From Year=1913 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	88	141	295	515	789	1027	1155	1104	871	580	242	104	6912
40 S	88	230	524	1039	1829	2855	4011	5114	5985	6565	6807	6912	6912
45 M	31	63	171	371	634	877	1000	949	721	428	133	43	5422
45 S	31	95	266	637	1271	2148	3148	4097	4818	5246	5379	5422	5422
50 M	7	20	79	237	481	727	845	794	571	283	56	12	4112
50 S	7	27	106	343	824	1551	2396	3189	3761	4043	4099	4112	4112
55 M	1	4	25	124	332	577	690	639	423	155	16	2	2987
55 S	1	5	30	154	485	1062	1753	2391	2814	2969	2984	2987	2987
60 M	0	0	5	45	194	427	535	484	278	62	2	0	2033
60 S	0	0	5	50	245	672	1207	1691	1969	2031	2033	2033	2033

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	96	138	240	360	507	646	745	717	560	393	201	106	4710
50 S	96	235	475	835	1341	1988	2732	3449	4009	4403	4604	4710	4710

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