FT WINGATE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293305) FORT WINGATE
From Year=1897 To Year=1966
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1064 883 804 513 284 58 6 11 103 395 732 1019 5873
60 909 741 649 366 160 19 1 1 35 249 582 864 4575
57 816 657 557 282 106 9 0 0 16 173 493 771 3879
55 754 601 495 230 78 5 0 0 9 131 433 709 3445
50 599 460 346 126 31 1 0 0 2 57 290 554 2466
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