EICKS RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292757) EICKS RANCH
From Year=1916 To Year=1961
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	773	616	520	283	105	6	0	0	20	205	515	688	3730
60	618	474	366	152	36	1	0	0	3	91	365	533	2638
57	525	390	275	93	17	0	0	0	1	48	277	440	2067
55	463	334	218	63	10	0	0	0	1	28	222	379	1719
50	310	202	103	19	2	0	0	0	0	5	111	231	985

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