EL RITO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292820) EL RITO
From Year=1927 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 1114 893 779 525 284 79 5 15 128 423 786 1075 6106
60 959 752 624 376 152 23 0 1 44 274 636 920 4761
57 866 667 532 290 93 8 0 0 20 194 546 827 4042
55 804 610 470 235 63 4 0 0 11 148 486 765 3597
50 649 469 319 121 20 0 0 0 3 67 339 610 2596
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