PENISTAJA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296723) PENISTAJA
From Year=1943 To Year=1955
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1216 993 1035 520 472 125 0 16 126 429 696 1271 6899
60 1061 853 880 370 318 49 0 1 54 276 546 1116 5524
57 968 769 787 287 228 22 0 0 23 191 456 1023 4754
55 906 713 725 241 171 14 0 0 7 140 397 961 4273
50 751 573 570 137 62 3 0 0 0 58 258 806 3217
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