PASTURA 6 SSE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296630) PASTURA 6 SSE
From Year=1909 To Year=1956
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 871 699 629 284 111 10 1 5 39 262 594 875 4379
60 716 557 475 161 43 2 0 1 14 146 444 720 3278
57 623 472 384 106 22 1 0 0 8 94 357 627 2694
55 561 416 326 79 14 0 0 0 5 68 300 565 2334
50 409 281 195 32 4 0 0 0 2 25 177 416 1540
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