ARABELLA NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290508) ARABELLA NEAR
From Year=1901 To Year=1946
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	781	718	508	282	94	40	1	2	59	332	427	661	3905
60	626	582	356	157	27	14	0	0	13	201	288	513	2777
57	533	504	270	99	10	8	0	0	5	138	214	426	2207
55	472	454	217	71	5	6	0	0	2	104	172	369	1870
50	322	330	107	30	1	2	0	0	0	40	84	236	1151

Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
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