TAOS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298668) TAOS
From Year=1892 To Year=2010
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	1	9	63	215	464	717	880	830	593	291	44	2	4108
40 S	1	10	73	288	751	1469	2348	3179	3771	4062	4106	4108	4108
45 M	0	1	17	105	314	567	725	675	443	159	9	0	3015
45 S	0	1	18	122	436	1003	1728	2404	2847	3006	3015	3015	3015
50 M	0	0	3	34	178	418	570	520	296	63	1	0	2082
50 S	0	0	3	36	214	632	1202	1722	2018	2081	2082	2082	2082
55 M	0	0	0	5	73	272	415	365	159	14	0	0	1303
55 S	0	0	0	5	78	350	765	1130	1289	1303	1303	1303	1303
60 M	0	0	0	0	16	140	261	212	55	1	0	0	685
60 S	0	0	0	0	16	156	417	629	684	685	685	685	685

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	6	24	88	202	343	477	557	528	403	253	82	10	2973
50 S	6	30	118	320	663	1139	1696	2225	2628	2881	2963	2973	2973

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