ABBOTT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290022) ABBOTT 1 SE
From Year=1909 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 1179 995 848 -99 -99 -99 0 1 119 460 811 -99 -99
60 1024 855 693 -99 -99 -99 0 0 58 306 661 -99 -99
57 931 771 600 -99 -99 -99 0 0 41 221 571 -99 -99
55 869 715 538 -99 -99 -99 0 0 31 170 511 -99 -99
50 714 575 383 -99 -99 -99 0 0 8 73 364 -99 -99
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