ZUNI, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299897) ZUNI
From Year=1949 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 10 30 103 258 512 771 974 908 690 382 94 14 4748
40 S 10 40 143 401 914 1685 2658 3567 4257 4639 4733 4748 4748
45 M 1 5 34 137 362 621 819 753 540 243 30 2 3546
45 S 1 6 40 177 539 1160 1978 2731 3272 3514 3544 3546 3546
50 M 0 0 6 52 220 471 664 598 391 124 4 0 2531
50 S 0 0 6 58 279 750 1413 2011 2402 2526 2531 2531 2531
55 M 0 0 0 10 105 323 509 443 246 43 0 0 1679
55 S 0 0 0 11 115 438 946 1390 1636 1679 1679 1679 1679
60 M 0 0 0 1 32 185 354 288 118 8 0 0 985
60 S 0 0 0 1 33 217 571 859 977 985 985 985 985
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 34 61 145 252 398 516 613 583 467 317 133 44 3563
50 S 34 95 240 492 890 1406 2019 2602 3069 3385 3519 3563 3563
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