ELIDA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292854) ELIDA
From Year=1910 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	838	649	510	243	71	7	0	1	34	203	540	801	3896
60	683	508	362	137	28	2	0	0	13	107	393	646	2878
57	590	425	282	91	15	1	0	0	7	68	311	553	2344
55	529	372	233	68	9	0	0	0	4	50	261	493	2019
50	382	249	134	30	3	0	0	0	1	20	155	347	1322

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