MESA SVC STN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295651) MESA SERVICE STN
From Year=1938 To Year=1953
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	805	613	546	249	61	1	0	0	30	197	558	737	3797
60	650	472	392	131	17	0	0	0	10	93	409	583	2756
57	559	388	303	81	6	0	0	0	4	51	323	490	2205
55	499	333	248	57	2	0	0	0	2	31	271	430	1872
50	354	210	133	25	0	0	0	0	1	6	157	284	1170

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