OROGRANDE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296435) OROGRANDE 1 N
From Year=1904 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	695	515	369	147	25	0	0	0	8	117	440	692	3008
60	540	375	229	66	6	0	0	0	2	48	295	537	2097
57	447	294	159	39	2	0	0	0	1	26	215	445	1627
55	386	243	120	26	1	0	0	0	0	16	169	384	1346
50	244	134	52	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	83	241	767

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