DATIL, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292367) DATIL
From Year=1905 To Year=1951
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1150 855 795 565 405 118 27 38 172 484 823 1088 6520
60 995 717 641 416 257 39 4 3 68 330 673 933 5074
57 902 634 548 329 175 16 1 1 30 244 583 840 4304
55 840 580 487 275 127 7 0 0 17 193 523 778 3827
50 685 448 336 149 41 0 0 0 5 94 375 623 2756
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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