JORNADA EXP RANGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294426) JORNADA EXP RANGE
From Year=1914 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
65 809 617 483 246 69 3 0 0 15 198 548 805 3795
60 654 476 332 130 23 1 0 0 3 92 399 650 2760
57 561 392 248 80 11 0 0 0 1 51 313 557 2216
55 500 337 199 56 6 0 0 0 1 34 259 496 1886
50 348 208 100 19 2 0 0 0 0 11 142 345 1175
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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