RATON FLTR PLT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297279) RATON FILTER PLANT
From Year=1953 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 1012 864 796 542 289 74 11 23 144 417 731 981 5884
60 857 723 641 394 165 25 1 4 63 273 581 826 4552
57 764 638 549 310 109 11 0 1 36 198 492 733 3842
55 702 581 488 259 80 7 0 0 25 157 434 672 3405
50 548 442 344 153 32 1 0 0 10 80 299 518 2427
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