WASTE ISOL PILOT PLT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(299569) WASTE ISOLTN PILOT PLT
From Year=1986 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	189	276	502	738	1037	1250	1330	1288	1046	785	393	199	9034
40 S	189	466	968	1706	2743	3993	5324	6612	7658	8442	8835	9034	9034
45 M	93	167	358	589	882	1100	1175	1133	896	631	261	103	7389
45 S	93	260	618	1207	2089	3190	4365	5498	6394	7025	7286	7389	7389
50 M	33	83	230	444	727	950	1020	978	746	480	152	41	5885
50 S	33	116	346	790	1517	2467	3487	4465	5212	5692	5844	5885	5885
55 M	7	30	125	306	573	800	865	823	597	334	71	10	4541
55 S	7	37	161	468	1040	1841	2706	3529	4126	4460	4531	4541	4541
60 M	0	7	50	183	420	650	710	668	449	201	24	1	3364
60 S	0	7	57	240	661	1311	2021	2689	3138	3339	3363	3364	3364

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	175	219	359	481	646	771	850	831	679	503	285	179	5978
50 S	175	394	753	1234	1880	2651	3501	4332	5011	5514	5799	5978	5978

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