HATCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293855) HATCH 2 W
From Year=1894 To Year=2008
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	732	554	399	183	41	1	0	0	11	175	485	737	3319
60	578	414	254	81	10	0	0	0	2	76	336	582	2334
57	485	330	179	44	4	0	0	0	1	40	251	490	1824
55	424	277	136	28	2	0	0	0	0	25	199	428	1518
50	276	157	57	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	95	278	876

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