MAGDALENA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295353) MAGDALENA
From Year=1905 To Year=1993
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 970 778 676 422 179 25 5 8 86 355 673 933 5110
60 815 637 522 278 79 4 1 1 26 212 523 778 3874
57 722 552 430 200 42 1 0 0 12 142 433 685 3219
55 660 495 370 154 26 0 0 0 7 104 374 623 2814
50 506 356 231 71 6 0 0 0 2 40 236 468 1916
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