GASCON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293488) GASCON
From Year=1953 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 1096 956 926 708 487 227 134 180 332 598 859 1069 7571
60 941 815 771 558 334 104 31 54 186 444 709 914 5860
57 848 730 678 469 246 55 8 18 112 352 619 821 4954
55 786 673 616 409 193 32 3 7 74 291 559 759 4401
50 631 532 462 265 87 5 0 1 19 158 409 604 3172
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