GAVILAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293505) GAVILAN
From Year=1929 To Year=1970
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1431	1198	1059	743	502	235	50	86	302	636	997	1300	8540
60	1276	1057	904	593	348	110	5	15	161	481	847	1145	6944
57	1183	972	811	503	258	60	1	4	93	389	757	1052	6083
55	1121	916	749	443	203	36	0	1	59	328	697	990	5543
50	966	774	594	295	93	7	0	0	15	184	547	835	4311

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