FENCE LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293180) FENCE LAKE 1 N
From Year=1933 To Year=2007
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1080 872 787 561 313 83 5 18 146 468 794 1054 6183
60 925 731 632 411 175 24 0 1 54 315 644 899 4812
57 832 646 539 323 110 9 0 0 26 229 554 806 4076
55 770 590 477 266 77 4 0 0 15 179 494 744 3618
50 615 449 325 145 27 0 0 0 3 84 347 589 2584
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