DAWSON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292384) DAWSON
From Year=1909 To Year=1961
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1211	924	807	436	261	72	15	8	165	467	770	1068	6204
60	1056	783	652	288	134	20	0	0	81	313	620	913	4859
57	963	698	559	207	79	9	0	0	48	226	530	820	4139
55	901	641	498	161	51	5	0	0	31	177	470	758	3692
50	746	499	349	78	14	0	0	0	11	86	322	603	2708

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