MAXWELL 3 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295490) MAXWELL
From Year=1905 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 1122 919 808 527 271 62 6 15 132 445 802 1080 6189
60 967 777 654 378 143 16 0 1 51 295 652 925 4861
57 874 693 561 293 87 6 0 0 26 214 562 832 4149
55 812 636 500 240 60 3 0 0 17 167 502 770 3707
50 657 496 351 132 20 0 0 0 5 78 357 616 2712
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