GLORIETA RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293587) GLORIETA RANCH
From Year=1910 To Year=1928
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 798 572 609 315 88 2 0 0 22 186 494 883 3966
60 643 432 457 190 30 0 0 0 8 85 348 728 2919
57 550 348 369 127 14 0 0 0 4 46 265 635 2358
55 488 295 313 93 8 0 0 0 3 30 212 573 2014
50 337 174 183 34 1 0 0 0 1 7 104 419 1260
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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