GOWER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293626) GOWER
From Year=1919 To Year=1948
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1084	900	916	556	385	147	43	37	165	479	869	1031	6612
60	929	758	761	406	234	74	16	9	56	326	719	876	5163
57	836	672	668	317	157	47	9	1	18	238	629	783	4375
55	774	615	607	261	117	32	5	0	6	187	569	721	3894
50	619	473	454	141	52	11	0	0	0	86	419	566	2821

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