OCHOA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296281) OCHOA
From Year=1942 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
65 674 524 347 140 23 0 0 0 12 118 408 677 2923
60 520 386 223 69 8 0 0 0 4 56 270 522 2058
57 429 308 163 42 4 0 0 0 2 34 199 432 1612
55 371 260 130 30 2 0 0 0 1 24 158 373 1349
50 236 159 69 11 1 0 0 0 0 8 83 240 807
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