TAOS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(298668) TAOS
From Year=1914 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 1 8 55 208 458 715 877 823 587 287 40 2 4061
40 S 1 9 64 273 730 1445 2322 3145 3732 4019 4060 4061 4061
45 M 0 1 13 100 308 565 722 668 437 156 8 0 2980
45 S 0 1 14 115 423 987 1709 2378 2815 2971 2980 2980 2980
50 M 0 0 2 32 172 415 567 513 290 60 1 0 2053
50 S 0 0 2 34 206 621 1188 1702 1992 2052 2053 2053 2053
55 M 0 0 0 5 69 269 412 358 153 12 0 0 1279
55 S 0 0 0 5 74 343 755 1113 1266 1279 1279 1279 1279
60 M 0 0 0 0 14 138 258 205 51 1 0 0 667
60 S 0 0 0 0 15 152 410 615 666 667 667 667 667
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 6 23 83 199 340 476 556 525 398 250 75 10 2942
50 S 6 28 111 310 649 1125 1682 2207 2606 2856 2931 2942 2942
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 Jul 28, 2006
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