DULCE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292608) DULCE
From Year=1906 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	1365	1064	906	644	418	166	27	49	234	578	930	1274	7655
60	1210	923	751	494	267	64	3	7	108	423	780	1119	6149
57	1117	839	658	404	183	29	1	1	57	331	690	1026	5336
55	1055	782	596	345	135	15	0	0	33	272	630	964	4827
50	900	641	441	204	50	2	0	0	7	142	480	809	3676

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