TURQUOISE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299193) TURQUOISE
From Year=1954 To Year=1996
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	0	35	122	234	539	835	1007	974	699	334	99	8	4885
40 S	0	35	158	392	930	1765	2772	3746	4445	4778	4877	4885	4885
45 M	0	5	34	120	385	685	852	819	549	196	31	0	3676
45 S	0	5	39	159	544	1229	2081	2900	3449	3644	3675	3676	3676
50 M	0	0	3	48	236	535	697	664	400	93	5	0	2681
50 S	0	0	3	51	287	822	1519	2183	2582	2676	2681	2681	2681
55 M	0	0	0	15	115	385	542	509	251	30	0	0	1846
55 S	0	0	0	15	130	515	1056	1565	1817	1846	1846	1846	1846
60 M	0	0	0	2	41	239	387	354	119	6	0	0	1148
60 S	0	0	0	2	43	282	669	1023	1141	1148	1148	1148	1148

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	69	151	207	374	543	630	626	455	298	108	33	3509
50 S	17	85	236	443	817	1359	1989	2615	3070	3368	3476	3509	3509

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