TOHATCHI 6 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298921) TOHATCHI 6 NE
From Year=1914 To Year=1992
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 41 143 345 609 885 1068 1007 768 439 132 14 5456
40 S 6 47 189 534 1143 2028 3096 4103 4871 5310 5442 5456 5456
45 M 1 10 60 215 456 735 913 852 618 296 57 3 4215
45 S 1 11 71 286 742 1477 2390 3242 3860 4156 4213 4215 4215
50 M 0 2 18 111 308 585 758 697 469 169 15 0 3132
50 S 0 2 20 131 440 1025 1783 2479 2948 3117 3132 3132 3132
55 M 0 0 4 43 177 437 603 542 321 76 2 0 2205
55 S 0 0 4 47 224 661 1263 1805 2127 2202 2205 2205 2205
60 M 0 0 0 12 76 294 448 387 186 23 0 0 1426
60 S 0 0 0 12 88 382 830 1217 1403 1426 1426 1426 1426
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 14 49 130 269 412 573 690 660 496 297 107 19 3716
50 S 14 64 194 462 874 1447 2137 2797 3293 3590 3697 3716 3716
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