WESTERN AG-MINERALS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292677) DUVAL POTASH MINE
From Year=1968 To Year=1986
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	732	535	366	134	29	2	0	0	32	150	425	655	3059
60	578	397	234	66	9	0	0	0	14	74	288	500	2161
57	487	320	169	42	5	0	0	0	7	46	218	409	1702
55	429	271	131	30	3	0	0	0	5	33	178	350	1430
50	292	166	65	12	1	0	0	0	1	13	99	221	870

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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