NEWKIRK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296115) NEWKIRK
From Year=1926 To Year=2009
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 843 645 520 266 78 5 0 1 31 223 552 824 3989
60 688 504 370 153 30 1 0 0 10 119 406 669 2951
57 596 420 288 103 16 0 0 0 5 75 323 576 2402
55 534 366 238 77 10 0 0 0 3 53 271 515 2068
50 386 243 134 34 2 0 0 0 1 21 161 369 1351
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