EL RITO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(292820) EL RITO
From Year=1933 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 4 17 81 237 494 719 911 850 639 364 71 5 4391
40 S 4 21 102 340 833 1552 2463 3312 3951 4315 4386 4391 4391
45 M 0 2 25 122 342 569 756 695 489 226 22 1 3247
45 S 0 2 27 149 491 1060 1816 2510 2999 3225 3247 3247 3247
50 M 0 0 4 44 202 419 601 540 341 111 3 0 2264
50 S 0 0 4 47 249 668 1269 1809 2150 2261 2264 2264 2264
55 M 0 0 0 10 92 273 446 385 200 37 0 0 1442
55 S 0 0 0 10 101 374 820 1205 1405 1442 1442 1442 1442
60 M 0 0 0 1 26 143 291 230 83 7 0 0 782
60 S 0 0 0 1 28 170 461 692 775 782 782 782 782
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 11 29 95 201 346 472 583 541 410 267 75 14 3046
50 S 11 40 135 337 683 1155 1738 2280 2690 2956 3032 3046 3046
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