CERRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291630) CERRO
From Year=1910 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1336 1062 929 642 393 135 35 62 222 561 934 1295 7606
60 1181 921 774 492 246 51 3 8 100 407 784 1140 6106
57 1088 836 681 403 168 24 1 1 52 316 694 1047 5310
55 1026 779 619 344 124 14 0 0 32 258 634 985 4815
50 871 638 464 208 48 2 0 0 8 136 484 830 3689
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