DANLEY RANCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292362) DANLEY RANCH
From Year=1957 To Year=1974
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1126 878 746 516 290 82 10 21 143 461 757 1050 6079
60 971 737 591 366 155 23 1 1 42 307 607 895 4694
57 878 653 498 278 95 9 0 0 16 220 517 802 3964
55 816 597 437 221 65 4 0 0 7 169 457 740 3513
50 661 456 288 106 21 0 0 0 1 70 308 585 2496
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