GILA HOT SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293530) GILA HOT SPRINGS
From Year=1915 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
65 880 708 634 415 214 39 1 2 74 345 647 876 4835
60 725 567 479 266 89 5 0 0 15 197 497 721 3561
57 632 482 386 183 42 1 0 0 4 121 407 628 2886
55 570 425 325 134 22 0 0 0 1 81 348 566 2471
50 415 285 181 47 3 0 0 0 0 23 204 411 1569
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