PENA BLANCA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296693) PENA BLANCA
From Year=1958 To Year=1968
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1052	780	632	330	105	11	0	0	45	320	660	992	4927
60	897	639	478	195	31	1	0	0	8	176	510	837	3771
57	804	555	386	126	12	0	0	0	2	105	420	744	3154
55	742	498	327	89	7	0	0	0	0	67	361	682	2774
50	587	359	196	29	0	0	0	0	0	17	219	527	1935

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