CROSSROADS 2, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292207) CROSSROADS #2
From Year=1929 To Year=2001
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	817	626	487	231	56	3	0	1	37	207	523	771	3759
60	663	485	340	125	18	0	0	0	13	105	375	616	2740
57	570	403	260	80	9	0	0	0	7	65	292	523	2210
55	509	349	213	58	5	0	0	0	5	46	243	463	1890
50	360	228	119	24	1	0	0	0	2	18	141	319	1212

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