HILLSBORO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294009) HILLSBORO
From Year=1893 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
65 775 595 469 244 70 3 0 0 24 227 538 788 3733
60 620 454 318 125 20 0 0 0 4 109 389 633 2674
57 528 371 235 75 8 0 0 0 1 63 302 540 2122
55 466 316 185 50 4 0 0 0 1 42 246 479 1788
50 315 189 88 15 1 0 0 0 0 13 132 327 1081
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