SANTA FE 2, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298085) SANTA FE 2
From Year=1972 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 1067 847 730 483 246 39 4 9 112 413 767 1053 5769
60 912 706 575 336 126 9 0 1 40 264 617 898 4483
57 819 621 482 253 76 3 0 0 18 186 527 805 3790
55 757 565 420 202 52 1 0 0 10 141 468 743 3360
50 602 424 273 105 18 0 0 0 2 63 323 588 2398
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