MESCALERO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295657) MESCALERO
From Year=1911 To Year=1978
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	959	811	725	483	268	61	17	35	138	413	690	929	5530
60	804	670	570	334	133	10	1	2	41	262	540	774	4142
57	711	585	478	247	74	2	0	0	17	179	450	681	3425
55	649	529	416	194	46	1	0	0	9	132	390	619	2984
50	494	388	270	87	12	0	0	0	2	50	245	464	2012

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