HICKMAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293969) HICKMAN
From Year=1943 To Year=1985
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1140	962	895	656	417	137	26	68	212	545	834	1087	6978
60	985	821	740	506	265	50	1	7	85	390	684	932	5467
57	892	736	647	417	182	22	0	1	39	299	594	839	4669
55	830	679	585	357	135	11	0	0	22	241	534	777	4173
50	675	538	430	216	52	1	0	0	3	121	384	622	3043

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