DES MOINES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292453) DES MOINES
From Year=1916 To Year=1994
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1070 892 823 539 290 74 13 22 139 426 785 1019 6092
60 915 751 668 392 165 26 2 3 61 281 635 864 4763
57 822 666 576 309 109 12 1 1 34 206 546 771 4053
55 760 609 515 259 81 7 0 0 23 162 487 709 3613
50 605 469 369 152 33 1 0 0 9 81 345 555 2620
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