ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293031) ESPANOLA
From Year=1895 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1072	821	679	427	188	24	2	3	83	393	749	1070	5512
60	917	680	524	281	82	4	0	0	25	245	599	915	4272
57	824	595	431	201	44	1	0	0	10	168	509	822	3606
55	762	538	370	154	27	0	0	0	6	125	449	761	3193
50	607	398	227	68	7	0	0	0	1	52	303	606	2268

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