GALLUP 5 E, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293420) GALLUP 5 E
From Year=1918 To Year=1979
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1132 901 806 538 293 69 3 11 111 437 808 1091 6198
60 977 760 651 389 159 17 0 1 36 286 658 936 4869
57 884 675 558 302 97 6 0 0 15 204 568 843 4151
55 822 618 497 246 67 3 0 0 8 156 508 781 3705
50 667 478 346 128 23 0 0 0 1 68 359 626 2695
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

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