LEE RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294903) LEE RANCH
From Year=1923 To Year=1941
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1344 1160 -99 729 557 -99 -99 296 362 -99 950 1298 -99
60 1189 1018 -99 579 402 -99 -99 146 213 -99 800 1143 -99
57 1096 933 -99 489 309 -99 -99 71 135 -99 710 1050 -99
55 1034 876 -99 429 248 -99 -99 34 90 -99 650 988 -99
50 879 735 -99 279 107 -99 -99 1 27 -99 500 833 -99
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