PLACITAS 4 W, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296911) PLACITAS 4 W
From Year=1992 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
65 947 735 546 283 126 3 0 1 37 304 651 971 4604
60 792 594 394 158 53 0 0 0 10 169 501 816 3487
57 699 509 307 101 33 0 0 0 4 105 412 723 2892
55 637 452 252 73 25 0 0 0 2 75 353 661 2529
50 482 314 134 27 11 0 0 0 0 28 217 507 1720
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