COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292013) COLUMBUS
From Year=1914 To Year=1945
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	694	470	341	128	24	0	0	0	13	103	452	628	2851
60	539	329	201	51	6	0	0	0	5	45	308	473	1957
57	446	250	131	25	3	0	0	0	3	27	229	380	1495
55	385	201	95	14	1	0	0	0	2	19	182	320	1219
50	237	96	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	87	181	644

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