RATON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297277) RATON
From Year=1894 To Year=1953
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1053 912 803 529 292 74 10 16 149 446 761 1041 6086
60 898 771 648 380 162 25 2 1 61 295 611 886 4739
57 805 687 555 295 103 11 0 0 33 212 521 793 4015
55 743 630 493 243 73 7 0 0 22 164 462 731 3567
50 588 490 344 134 28 2 0 0 8 75 318 576 2562
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