ANIMAS 3 ESE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290417) ANIMAS
From Year=1923 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
65 691 521 397 180 34 1 0 0 7 137 446 705 3119
60 536 380 253 84 9 0 0 0 1 57 301 550 2171
57 443 298 178 48 3 0 0 0 1 31 222 457 1680
55 382 246 135 32 2 0 0 0 0 19 175 396 1386
50 237 132 57 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 84 250 774
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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