OCATE 2 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296275) OCATE 1 N
From Year=1960 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	1079	929	861	614	373	134	37	74	237	546	826	1071	6783
60	924	788	706	464	227	44	3	11	108	392	676	916	5259
57	831	703	614	375	151	19	0	2	57	301	586	823	4462
55	769	647	552	317	109	9	0	0	35	244	526	761	3970
50	614	506	400	185	41	1	0	0	9	125	379	607	2866

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