OBAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296258) OBAR
From Year=1926 To Year=1968
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 900 710 581 281 84 7 0 1 33 212 586 848 4243
60 745 569 428 165 33 2 0 0 12 111 436 693 3195
57 652 485 341 111 17 0 0 0 7 69 349 600 2633
55 590 430 287 83 11 0 0 0 5 48 295 539 2288
50 439 299 174 39 3 0 0 0 2 18 179 387 1542
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