SANDIA RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298873) TIJERAS RANGER STN
From Year=1910 To Year=1962
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 6 20 83 248 503 779 952 871 652 325 43 10 4492
40 S 6 27 109 357 860 1639 2591 3462 4114 4440 4482 4492 4492
45 M 1 3 24 128 351 629 797 716 502 189 9 2 3351
45 S 1 4 28 156 507 1136 1933 2650 3152 3341 3350 3351 3351
50 M 0 0 4 47 211 480 642 561 353 83 1 0 2382
50 S 0 0 4 51 262 742 1384 1945 2298 2381 2382 2382 2382
55 M 0 0 0 11 93 332 487 406 211 23 0 0 1564
55 S 0 0 0 12 105 437 924 1330 1541 1564 1564 1564 1564
60 M 0 0 0 2 25 192 332 252 94 4 0 0 900
60 S 0 0 0 2 27 219 551 802 896 900 900 900 900
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 12 38 111 242 389 520 606 556 451 275 81 19 3300
50 S 12 50 160 403 792 1312 1918 2474 2926 3201 3282 3300 3300
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