SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298387) SOCORRO
From Year=1893 To Year=2011
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 857 628 483 230 62 2 0 0 22 230 590 861 3966
60 702 487 331 114 18 0 0 0 5 112 441 706 2917
57 609 403 246 66 7 0 0 0 2 65 352 613 2364
55 548 348 194 44 3 0 0 0 1 42 295 551 2027
50 395 217 92 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 167 398 1296
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