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