JAL, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294346) JAL
From Year=1919 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
65 654 459 297 92 14 0 0 0 10 92 372 617 2608
60 499 323 177 40 4 0 0 0 3 38 238 463 1787
57 409 248 122 23 2 0 0 0 2 21 171 374 1372
55 350 202 93 16 1 0 0 0 1 14 134 316 1127
50 218 111 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 67 190 641
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

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