THOREAU 12 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298834) THOREAU 12 SE
From Year=1914 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 1175 961 865 631 353 100 17 43 231 578 881 1200 7037
60 1020 820 710 481 211 34 1 4 108 425 731 1045 5590
57 927 735 617 392 140 15 0 0 57 335 641 952 4813
55 865 678 555 333 103 7 0 0 36 278 581 890 4328
50 710 537 401 198 41 1 0 0 10 153 431 735 3217
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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