FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293340) FRUITLAND 2 E
From Year=1893 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1097 827 673 413 178 25 0 2 69 370 746 1066 5467
60 942 686 518 270 82 5 0 0 22 229 596 911 4262
57 849 601 426 193 46 2 0 0 10 158 506 818 3610
55 787 545 366 149 30 1 0 0 6 118 446 756 3204
50 632 405 226 66 8 0 0 0 1 48 302 602 2290
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