MEXICAN SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295685) MEXICAN SPRINGS
From Year=1934 To Year=1972
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1028 857 799 474 260 53 1 4 100 395 714 976 5660
60 873 716 644 328 135 16 0 0 35 246 564 821 4379
57 780 631 551 247 84 6 0 0 19 168 474 728 3689
55 718 575 489 198 61 3 0 0 13 124 414 666 3260
50 563 434 336 104 24 0 0 0 5 51 270 511 2298
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