RUIDOSO 2, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297651) RUIDOSO 2
From Year=1987 To Year=1993
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	973	775	712	466	292	82	59	79	214	421	743	976	5793
60	818	634	557	317	153	21	3	10	84	266	593	821	4276
57	725	549	464	232	87	6	0	2	35	175	504	728	3507
55	663	492	402	180	56	3	0	0	16	121	445	666	3043
50	508	351	252	74	14	0	0	0	2	39	300	512	2053

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