SELSOR RANCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298192) SELSOR RANCH
From Year=1912 To Year=1951
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1408 1171 1094 777 563 320 156 208 407 726 1004 1280 9113
60 1253 1030 939 627 408 177 40 70 259 571 854 1125 7351
57 1160 945 846 537 315 106 10 21 175 478 764 1032 6389
55 1098 888 784 477 255 69 3 7 125 416 704 970 5796
50 943 747 629 327 123 16 0 0 37 264 554 815 4456
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

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