GRANTS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293678) GRANTS
From Year=1945 To Year=1956
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1020 893 780 420 205 36 0 1 42 374 753 942 5466
60 865 752 625 273 100 6 0 0 4 241 603 787 4255
57 772 666 532 192 57 1 0 0 0 171 513 694 3598
55 710 610 471 145 38 0 0 0 0 132 453 632 3190
50 555 468 322 60 14 0 0 0 0 63 307 477 2266
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