HACHITA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293775) HACHITA
From Year=1909 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
65 723 543 428 200 48 1 0 0 8 145 467 709 3272
60 568 402 278 95 13 0 0 0 2 58 320 554 2290
57 475 319 196 55 5 0 0 0 1 29 237 461 1778
55 414 265 148 35 3 0 0 0 0 18 187 399 1470
50 264 145 60 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 90 250 824
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