TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299128) TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
From Year=1951 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	685	512	365	149	24	0	0	0	5	117	459	736	3053
60	530	372	226	64	6	0	0	0	1	49	312	581	2142
57	437	291	156	35	2	0	0	0	0	27	230	489	1667
55	376	239	117	22	1	0	0	0	0	17	182	427	1382
50	230	130	47	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	90	280	787

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