CIENEGA 5 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291807) CIENEGA 5 SSW
From Year=1955 To Year=1963
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	810	456	384	187	18	0	0	0	8	122	487	-99	-99
60	655	315	235	85	2	0	0	0	3	38	339	-99	-99
57	562	238	157	42	0	0	0	0	1	18	257	-99	-99
55	500	193	115	20	0	0	0	0	0	11	205	-99	-99
50	348	106	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	102	-99	-99

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