SANTA CLARA RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298061) SANTA CLARA RANGER STN
From Year=1937 To Year=1948
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1169	-99	-99	551	357	53	37	4	101	419	733	1025	-99
60	1014	-99	-99	401	220	5	1	0	30	264	583	870	-99
57	921	-99	-99	313	157	0	0	0	15	180	493	777	-99
55	859	-99	-99	261	123	0	0	0	7	133	433	715	-99
50	704	-99	-99	156	58	0	0	0	1	44	287	560	-99

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