ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292860) ELIZABETHTOWN
From Year=1904 To Year=1948
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1343	1151	1038	834	621	346	250	274	451	778	1035	1426	9545
60	1188	1009	883	684	466	198	108	124	301	623	885	1271	7739
57	1095	924	790	594	373	117	53	57	214	530	795	1178	6720
55	1033	868	728	534	312	74	34	31	160	468	735	1116	6092
50	878	726	573	384	171	15	12	9	59	316	585	961	4688

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