COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292024) COLUMBUS
From Year=1909 To Year=2011
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 667 472 329 120 17 0 0 0 5 99 410 656 2775
60 512 333 193 49 4 0 0 0 1 38 268 502 1899
57 419 253 127 26 1 0 0 0 1 20 193 409 1450
55 359 204 92 16 1 0 0 0 0 13 150 349 1184
50 217 102 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 69 210 639
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