TUCUMCARI 4 NE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299156) TUCUMCARI 4 NE
From Year=1904 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	95	143	313	530	812	1071	1211	1158	917	608	262	104	7225
40 S	95	238	552	1082	1894	2965	4175	5334	6251	6859	7121	7225	7225
45 M	39	69	194	388	658	921	1056	1003	768	458	154	43	5750
45 S	39	108	302	690	1348	2269	3324	4327	5095	5553	5707	5750	5750
50 M	12	26	101	256	505	771	901	848	618	316	74	13	4440
50 S	12	38	139	395	899	1670	2571	3419	4038	4353	4428	4440	4440
55 M	3	7	41	145	357	621	746	693	471	190	26	3	3301
55 S	3	9	50	195	552	1173	1918	2612	3082	3272	3298	3301	3301
60 M	0	1	12	64	221	472	591	538	328	91	6	0	2324
60 S	0	1	13	77	298	770	1361	1899	2227	2318	2324	2324	2324

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	107	137	245	356	513	679	779	751	588	395	203	107	4860
50 S	107	244	489	845	1358	2036	2815	3566	4154	4550	4753	4860	4860

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