TAJIQUE 4 N, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298650) TAJIQUE 4 NW
From Year=1910 To Year=1970
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	10	19	66	225	490	731	864	797	604	314	74	14	4207
40 S	10	28	94	319	809	1540	2404	3201	3805	4119	4193	4207	4207
45 M	1	3	19	114	341	581	709	642	455	180	18	2	3064
45 S	1	4	23	137	478	1059	1768	2410	2865	3045	3062	3064	3064
50 M	0	0	3	44	203	431	554	487	307	78	1	0	2109
50 S	0	0	4	48	251	682	1236	1723	2030	2108	2109	2109	2109
55 M	0	0	0	10	92	284	399	332	167	21	0	0	1306
55 S	0	0	0	11	102	387	786	1118	1285	1306	1306	1306	1306
60 M	0	0	0	1	26	153	246	180	59	2	0	0	667
60 S	0	0	0	1	27	180	426	606	666	667	667	667	667

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	15	31	84	209	364	484	544	497	397	245	84	22	2975
50 S	15	46	129	338	702	1187	1730	2228	2625	2869	2953	2975	2975

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