LORDSBURG 4 SE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295079) LORDSBURG 4 SE
From Year=1892 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
65 702 544 409 185 38 1 0 0 6 135 462 712 3194
60 547 403 260 83 10 0 0 0 1 55 315 557 2230
57 455 319 180 45 3 0 0 0 0 28 231 464 1726
55 393 265 135 28 2 0 0 0 0 17 181 402 1423
50 245 143 53 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 85 253 792
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