HORSE SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294129) HORSE SPRINGS
From Year=1900 To Year=1938
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1059 891 749 529 227 62 36 64 186 483 832 1090 6206
60 904 751 594 379 101 16 3 15 77 329 682 935 4786
57 811 667 502 291 48 4 0 4 36 242 592 842 4036
55 749 611 441 235 28 1 0 0 19 191 532 780 3586
50 594 471 296 121 7 0 0 0 6 92 382 625 2593
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